Name: CVE-2022-29970: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Published: 2022-05-02T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2022-29970, CWE-22, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.02179

Sinatra before 2.2.0 does not validate that the expanded path matches public_dir when serving static files.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alma_linux	View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗	alma-upgrade-pcsalma-upgrade-pcs-snmp	May 25, 2022	May 2, 2022
Centos_linux	—	centos-upgrade-foreman-clicentos-upgrade-pcscentos-upgrade-pcs-snmpcentos-upgrade-python39-pulp_manifestcentos-upgrade-rubygem-amazing_printcentos-upgrade-rubygem-apipie-bindingscentos-upgrade-rubygem-clampcentos-upgrade-rubygem-domain_namecentos-upgrade-rubygem-fast_gettextcentos-upgrade-rubygem-fficentos-upgrade-rubygem-ffi-debuginfocentos-upgrade-rubygem-ffi-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-rubygem-foreman_maintaincentos-upgrade-rubygem-gssapicentos-upgrade-rubygem-hammer_clicentos-upgrade-rubygem-hammer_cli_foremancentos-upgrade-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_admincentos-upgrade-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_ansiblecentos-upgrade-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_azure_rmcentos-upgrade-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_bootdiskcentos-upgrade-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_discoverycentos-upgrade-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_openscapcentos-upgrade-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_remote_executioncentos-upgrade-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_taskscentos-upgrade-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_templatescentos-upgrade-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_virt_who_configurecentos-upgrade-rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_webhookscentos-upgrade-rubygem-hammer_cli_katellocentos-upgrade-rubygem-hashiecentos-upgrade-rubygem-highlinecentos-upgrade-rubygem-http-cookiecentos-upgrade-rubygem-jwtcentos-upgrade-rubygem-little-pluggercentos-upgrade-rubygem-localecentos-upgrade-rubygem-loggingcentos-upgrade-rubygem-mime-typescentos-upgrade-rubygem-mime-types-datacentos-upgrade-rubygem-multi_jsoncentos-upgrade-rubygem-netrccentos-upgrade-rubygem-oauthcentos-upgrade-rubygem-powerbarcentos-upgrade-rubygem-rest-clientcentos-upgrade-rubygem-unfcentos-upgrade-rubygem-unf_extcentos-upgrade-rubygem-unf_ext-debuginfocentos-upgrade-rubygem-unf_ext-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-rubygem-unicodecentos-upgrade-rubygem-unicode-debuginfocentos-upgrade-rubygem-unicode-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-rubygem-unicode-display_widthcentos-upgrade-satellite-clicentos-upgrade-satellite-clonecentos-upgrade-satellite-maintain	May 20, 2022	May 2, 2022
Debian	View advisory ↗	debian-upgrade-ruby-sinatra	Oct 31, 2022	May 2, 2022
Oracle_linux	—	oracle-linux-upgrade-pcsoracle-linux-upgrade-pcs-snmp	May 20, 2022	May 2, 2022
Redhat_linux	View advisory ↗	no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-pcsredhat-upgrade-pcs-snmp	May 17, 2022	May 2, 2022
Rocky_linux	View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗	rocky-upgrade-libdb-cxxrocky-upgrade-libdb-cxx-debuginforocky-upgrade-libdb-debuginforocky-upgrade-libdb-debugsourcerocky-upgrade-libdb-sql-debuginforocky-upgrade-libdb-sql-devel-debuginforocky-upgrade-libdb-utils-debuginforocky-upgrade-pcsrocky-upgrade-pcs-snmp	Jul 11, 2022	May 2, 2022
Ubuntu	View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗	ubuntu-pro-upgrade-ruby-sinatraubuntu-upgrade-ruby-sinatra	Jun 26, 2025	May 2, 2022

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