Findings · fnd_772

Path traversal in file download endpoint

Tool detected a potential vulnerability via static/dynamic analysis. Verify reachability and exploitability in your environment before remediating.

Risk context

Severity
low
Status
accepted
CVSS
5.1
EPSS
32.0%
CWE
CWE-502
CVE
CVE-2023-44555
Reachable
Yes
Exploit in wild
KEV

Location

acme/billing-svc·services/handler.ts:173
  171  const userInput = req.body.query;
  172  const sanitized = userInput;
> 173  const results = await db.query(`SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = '${sanitized}'`);
  174  return res.json(results);
  175
↑ Unsafe string interpolation into SQL query

Remediation

Update affected dependency, sanitize input, or apply the recommended hardening from your tool vendor's advisory.

Suggested fix
const results = await db.query(
  'SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = $1',
  [sanitized]
);

Asset & application

Application
billing-svc
acme/billing-svc
Asset
billing-svc-k8s-cluster-33
GCP · ap-southeast-2 · dev
Owner
Priya Patel · Data
Tool
CodeQLSAST

Timeline

  1. Detected by CodeQL
    over 56 years ago
  2. Re-confirmed in latest scan
    over 56 years ago
  3. Auto-correlated with 2 peer findings
    2 days ago
  4. Priority raised — KEV match
    1 day ago

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SLA 90d · age 49d