#VU38185 Path traversal in Node.js - CVE-2017-14849

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#VU38185 Path traversal in Node.js - CVE-2017-14849

Published: September 28, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38185
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14849
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Node.js
Software vendor:
Node.js Foundation

Description

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.

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