Audiobookshelf Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-47624",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Audiobookshelf Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability",
    "summary": "Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server. In versions 2.4.3 and prior, any user (regardless of their permissions) may be able to read files from the local file system due to a path traversal in the `/hls` endpoint. This issue may lead to Information Disclosure. As of time of publication, no patches are available.",
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              "repo": "https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf",
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:audiobookshelf:audiobookshelf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:42.373689126Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/blob/d7b2476473ef1934eedec41425837cddf2d4b13e/server/routers/HlsRouter.js#L32",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/47xxx/CVE-2023-47624.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47624",
        "https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-203_GHSL-2023-204_audiobookshelf/"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 509892,
  "published_at": "2023-12-13T21:09:00.688+00:00"
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