Flight has path traversal in `make:controller` CLI that creates arbitrary directories outside project root
The advisory, in context
Summary
The make:controller CLI command calls mkdir(..., recursive: true) on a path built from the user-supplied controller name, before Nette's class-name validation runs. The class-file write is correctly rejected by Nette when the name contains /, but the recursive directory creation side effect is already committed — including directories located outside the project root through ../ traversal.
Affected code
flight/commands/ControllerCommand.php (≈ 63-66):
if (is_dir(dirname($controllerPath)) === false) {
$io->info('Creating directory ' . dirname($controllerPath), true);
mkdir(dirname($controllerPath), 0755, true); // un-normalized, runs before validation
}
Proof of concept
$ php vendor/flightphp/runway/runway make:controller '../../../../tmp/CONTROLLER_TRAVERSAL_TEST/pwn'
Creating directory .../app/controllers/../../../../tmp/CONTROLLER_TRAVERSAL_TEST
Nette\InvalidArgumentException: Value '../../../../tmp/CONTROLLER_TRAVERSAL_TEST/pwnController' is not valid class name.
$ ls /home/user/tmp/CONTROLLER_TRAVERSAL_TEST
(directory exists — created before the exception was thrown)
Impact
- Arbitrary directory creation outside the project root, executable by any local actor that can run the Flight CLI (developer machine, shared CI build agent, compromised dev container).
- Primes log-file planting for chained LFI exploitation (e.g. creating a directory where an attacker can later drop a
.phpfile to be included via a distinct template-include weakness). - On Windows, the
\separator opens additional traversal surface.
Patch (fixed in 3.18.1, commit b8dd23a)
The controller name is now normalized with basename() and validated against ^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$ before any mkdir side effect runs.
Credit
Discovered by @Rootingg.
Affected packages
Start with the recorded fix for your release branch. Check your installed version and test compatibility before upgrading. Fixing this advisory does not rule out other vulnerabilities in the release.
Earlier releases before 3.18.1
Fixed in 3.18.1
67 explicitly affected versions
v1.0, v1.1, v1.1.10, v1.1.5, v1.2, v1.2.13, v1.2.14, v1.2.15, v1.2.17, v1.2.18, v1.2.19, v1.2.20, v1.2.21, v1.2.22, v1.3.0, v1.3.1, v1.3.2, v1.3.3, v1.3.4, v1.3.5, v1.3.7, v1.3.8, v1.3.9, v2.0.0, v2.0.1, v3.0.0, v3.0.1, v3.0.2, v3.1.0, v3.1.1, v3.10.0, v3.10.1, v3.11.0, v3.11.1, v3.12.0, v3.13.0, v3.13.1, v3.14.0, v3.15.0, v3.15.1, v3.15.2, v3.15.3, v3.16.0, v3.16.1, v3.17.0, v3.17.1, v3.17.2, v3.17.3, v3.17.4, v3.18.0, v3.2.0, v3.3.0, v3.4.0, v3.4.1, v3.4.2, v3.5.0, v3.5.2, v3.5.3, v3.6.0, v3.6.1, v3.6.2, v3.7.0, v3.7.1, v3.7.2, v3.8.0, v3.8.1, v3.9.0
View affected-version evidence
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