ubuntu-cve-2025-23084
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-01-28 05:15
Modified
2025-06-02 17:33
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
5.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-23084",
  "modified": "2025-06-02T17:33:54Z",
  "published": "2025-01-28T05:15:00Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-23084"
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      "url": "https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/january-2025-security-releases#path-traversal-by-drive-name-in-windows-environment-cve-2025-23084---medium"
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  "schema_version": "1.6.3",
  "severity": [
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  "withdrawn": "2025-06-23T16:00:33Z"
}



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