ritp is a static web server. ritp is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue whereby an attacker can gain access to the file system by placing ../ in the URL. Access is restricted to files with a file extension, so files such as /etc/passwd are not accessible.

Affected: npm: ritp

Affected versions of `ritp` resolve relative file paths, resulting in a directory traversal vulnerability. A malicious actor can use this vulnerability to access files outside of the intended directory root, which may result in the disclosure of private files on the vulnerable system.

**Example request:** ```http GET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1 host:foo ```

## Recommendation

No patch is available for this vulnerability.

It is recommended that the package is only used for local development, and if the functionality is needed for production, a different package is used instead.