High (7.5) in public.js project public.js. EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in public 0.1.3.
public node module suffers from a Path Traversal vulnerability due to lack of validation of filePath, which allows a malicious user to read content of any file with known path.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
7.5 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
2.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 80% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)