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CVE-2022-21221

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-21221 is a Directory Traversal vulnerability in the github.com/valyala/fasthttp package prior to version 1.34.0, specifically impacting Windows users. It allows an attacker to access arbitrary files outside the intended directory by using a backslash in the path when the ServeFile function is used. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity and high confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.34.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fasthttp_project:fasthttp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0246 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/valyala/fasthttpFixed in: 1.34.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-fx95-883v-4q4hhigh

Path traversal in github.com/valyala/fasthttp

Mar 18, 2022

References

github.com / valyala/fasthttp/commit/15262ecf3c602364639d465daba1e7f3604d00e8
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / valyala/fasthttp/commit/6b5bc7bb304975147b4af68df54ac214ed2554c1
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / valyala/fasthttp/issues/1226
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / valyala/fasthttp/releases/tag/v1.34.0
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMVALYALAFASTHTTP-2407866
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory