---
id: 2567
title: "Path Traversal in 2024 - The year unpacked"
source_domain: aikido.dev
source_url: "https://www.aikido.dev/blog/path-traversal-in-2024-the-year-unpacked"
published_at: "2024-11-23 00:00"
tags: ["web-security", "path-traversal", "input-validation", "vulnerability-statistics", "directory-traversal"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2567"
lang: en
---

# Path Traversal in 2024 - The year unpacked

## Summary

Path traversal is ancient but trending the wrong way: 2.7% of 2024 open-source vulnerabilities, closed-source up 85%. The post shows how ../ attacks reach /etc/passwd and how to stop them.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** aikido.dev
- **Published:** 2024-11-23 00:00
- **Original:** https://www.aikido.dev/blog/path-traversal-in-2024-the-year-unpacked
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2567