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CVE-2017-14849

high

Description

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.

References

https://twitter.com/nodejs/status/913131152868876288

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101056

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2017-path-validation/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-09-28

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.92237