{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-16716 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2018-16716 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2018-16716 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-16716 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-16716 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-16716 exists.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16716/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16716/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-16716","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16716/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-16716","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-pcqx-g45m-pmqh"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"NCBI ToolBox","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can read arbitrary files or delete files via path traversal in the NCBI ToolBox CGI script, leading to information disclosure or data loss.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"ncbi_toolbox","vendor":"nih"}],"cvss":{"score":9.1,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-22","name":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory"}],"description":"A path traversal vulnerability exists in viewcgi.c in the 2.0.7 through 2.2.26 legacy versions of the NCBI ToolBox, which may result in reading of arbitrary files (i.e., significant information disclosure) or file deletion via the nph-viewgif.cgi query string.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":null,"kind":"nuclei","ref":"http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-16716.yaml","stars":null,"title":"NCBI ToolBox - Directory Traversal"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-16716","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2018"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-16717"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-16715"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2019-05-02","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-16717","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-05-02"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-16718","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-05-02"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"MIT","name":"Nuclei templates"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers can read arbitrary files or delete files via path traversal in the NCBI ToolBox CGI script, leading to information disclosure or data loss.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16716/"}