Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties in ProjectDiscoveryGHSA-q5mg-pc7r-r8cr
CRITICALFix: projectdiscovery/interactsh#874GHSA-q5mg-pc7r-r8cr is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) CWE-552 vulnerability in github.com/projectdiscovery/interactsh. A fix is available for github.com/projectdiscovery/interactsh — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-q5mg-pc7r-r8cr.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
github.com/projectdiscovery/interactshReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties vulnerability in smb server in ProjectDiscovery Interactsh allows remote attackers to read/write any files in the directory and subdirectories of where the victim runs interactsh-server via anonymous login.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/projectdiscovery/interactsh | all versions | 1.2.0go get github.com/projectdiscovery/interactsh@v1.2.0 |
Affected Products
interactshprojectdiscoveryDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/projectdiscovery/interactsh, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update github.com/projectdiscovery/interactsh to 1.2.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-q5mg-pc7r-r8cr is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
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