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Attackers can read sensitive files like /etc/passwd (on Linux), configuration files containing database passwords, or private SSH keys.

Modern web frameworks have built-in protections against these attacks, but manual coding errors still happen. Here is how to stay safe: -template-..-2F..-2F..-2F..-2Froot-2F

If an attacker successfully executes a path traversal using this method, the consequences can be catastrophic: Attackers can read sensitive files like /etc/passwd (on

A URL might look like this: https://example.com configuration files containing database passwords

To understand the threat, we first have to "decode" the string: