SB2017092815 - Path traversal in Node.js
Published: September 28, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017092815
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14849)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.