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CVE-2017-14849

Node.js 8.5.0 before 8.6.0 allows remote attackers to access unintended files, because a change to ".." handling was incompatible with the pathname validation used by unspecified community modules.

Published

2017-09-28T01:29:02.543

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-22

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	nodejs	node.js	8.5.0	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101056 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2017-path-validation/ Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://twitter.com/nodejs/status/913131152868876288 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101056 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2017-path-validation/ Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://twitter.com/nodejs/status/913131152868876288 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)