CVE-2025-23084

MEDIUM EPSS 69.2%
Published Jan 28, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Jan 28, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Node.js, specifically affecting the handling of drive names in the Windows environment. Certain Node.js functions do not treat drive names as special on Windows. As a result, although Node.js assumes a relative path, it actually refers to the root directory. On Windows, a path that does not start with the file separator is treated as relative to the current directory. This vulnerability affects Windows users of `path.join` API.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity None
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
69.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-22 Path Traversal Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 5

VendorProductVersionRange
nodejsnode.js*≥18.0  –  <18.20.6
nodejsnode.js*≥20.0  –  <20.18.2
nodejsnode.js*≥22.0  –  <22.13.1
nodejsnode.js*≥23.0  –  <23.6.1
microsoftwindows*any

References 3

  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/22/2
  • nodejs.org https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/january-2025-security-releases
    Vendor Advisory
  • security.netapp.com https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250321-0003/

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.