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JLSEC-2026-612 json

Path traversal in the HTTP.jl static file server via separator/absolute path segments

published 4mo ago modified 3mo ago

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Summary

### Description

The static file server decoded the request path, split it on `/`, and rejected only segments exactly equal to `.` or `..`. Because URL-decoding ran before the `/` split, an encoded backslash (`%5c`), a Windows drive specifier (`C:\...`), or a UNC prefix (`\\host\share`) survived inside a single segment and passed validation. On Windows, `joinpath` then honored `\` as a separator and treated drive/UNC segments as absolute, discarding the configured document root.

### Impact

A remote client could read files outside the served document root and, on Windows, trigger outbound SMB/NTLM authentication via UNC paths, by crafting encoded separator, drive, or UNC segments.

### Patches

Fixed in HTTP.jl v2.4.0. A new platform-independent segment validator rejects any decoded segment that is `.`/`..`, contains a path separator (`/` or `\`), contains a colon (drive specifier / alternate data stream), or is absolute; unsafe segments are mapped to a 400 response. A defense-in-depth containment backstop additionally requires the normalized joined path to remain within the normalized root.

Reported to the JuliaLang security team through Anthropic's Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure program.

Patch / fix

  • julia HTTP 2.4.0

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Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia HTTP
<2.4.0
2.4.0

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