@hapi/inert provides static file and directory handlers for hapi.js. From 4.0.0 to 7.1.0, @hapi/inert serves static files from a directory configured with path in the directory or file handlers or relativeTo for h.file(), with confinement enforced by the confine option, but the confinement check compared the resolved absolute path against the confine directory using a raw string-prefix test, so a sibling directory such as /app/static-secret next to /app/static was incorrectly accepted and could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to read files via /..%2fstatic-secret/secret.txt. This issue is fixed in version 7.1.1.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00446.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
hapijs inert affected
Version Status Constraints
>= 4.0.0, < 7.1.1 affected —

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Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-rcvq-m9j9-6f4g @hapi/inert has a static-file confinement bypass via sibling-prefix path
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Solution

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Workaround

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References
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https://github.com/hapijs/inert/commit/bcceb761a43b9d1178eb6bd553e4ad2bb70494d9 cve-icon
https://github.com/hapijs/inert/pull/176 cve-icon
https://github.com/hapijs/inert/releases/tag/v7.1.1 cve-icon
https://github.com/hapijs/inert/security/advisories/GHSA-rcvq-m9j9-6f4g cve-icon
History

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Description @hapi/inert provides static file and directory handlers for hapi.js. From 4.0.0 to 7.1.0, @hapi/inert serves static files from a directory configured with path in the directory or file handlers or relativeTo for h.file(), with confinement enforced by the confine option, but the confinement check compared the resolved absolute path against the confine directory using a raw string-prefix test, so a sibling directory such as /app/static-secret next to /app/static was incorrectly accepted and could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to read files via /..%2fstatic-secret/secret.txt. This issue is fixed in version 7.1.1.
Title @hapi/inert: Static-file confinement bypass via sibling-prefix path
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-21T02:26:04.404Z

Reserved: 2026-05-20T18:15:53.578Z

Link: CVE-2026-48049

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Updated: 2026-07-21T02:25:58.780Z

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Updated: 2026-07-22T01:45:15Z

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