[com.typesafe.play:play_2.12] Play Framework’s Assets controller vulnerable to directory traversal

A directory traversal vulnerability has been found in the Assets controller in Play Framework 2.6.12 through 2.6.15 (fixed in 2.6.16) when running on Windows. It allows a remote attacker to download arbitrary files from the target server via specially crafted HTTP requests.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13864
• https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2018-13864-PathTraversal
• https://discuss.lightbend.com/t/play-2-6-16-released/1575
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v4mq-p756-p4f5