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2 vulnerabilities found for zx by Google
CVE-2025-13437 (GCVE-0-2025-13437)
Vulnerability from nvd
Published
2025-11-20 16:25
Modified
2025-11-20 16:49
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-706 - Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference
Summary
When zx is invoked with --prefer-local=<path>, the CLI creates a symlink named ./node_modules pointing to <path>/node_modules. Due to a logic error in src/cli.ts (linkNodeModules / cleanup), the function returns the target path instead of the alias (symlink path). The later cleanup routine removes what it received, which deletes the target directory itself. Result: zx can delete an external <path>/node_modules outside the current working directory.
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CVE-2025-13437 (GCVE-0-2025-13437)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-11-20 16:25
Modified
2025-11-20 16:49
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-706 - Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference
Summary
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