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@hapi/inert Path Traversal via Confinement Check

A path traversal vulnerability in @hapi/inert's confinement check allows reading files from sibling directories whose names share a prefix with the served direc

12 Jun 2026Read 1 minSeverity: schedule it

What changed

A path traversal vulnerability in @hapi/inert's confinement check allows reading files from sibling directories whose names share a prefix with the served directory.

Who it affects

Applications using @hapi/inert to serve static files from a directory that has a sibling directory whose name starts with the same characters.

What to do today

Upgrade to version 7.1.1 or rename/move sibling directories to avoid prefix sharing.

The trail
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