# CVE-2022-24785: Path Traversal in Moment.js

- Also known as: GHSA-8HFJ-J24R-96C4
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 2.29.2
- Published: 2022-04-04 · Updated: 2025-11-03

## Affected

- moment: from 1.0.1, fixed in 2.29.2
- moment (npm): fixed in 2.29.2
- Moment.js (NuGet): fixed in 2.29.2

## Description

Moment.js is a JavaScript date library for parsing, validating, manipulating, and formatting dates. A path traversal vulnerability impacts npm (server) users of Moment.js between versions 1.0.1 and 2.29.1, especially if a user-provided locale string is directly used to switch moment locale. This problem is patched in 2.29.2, and the patch can be applied to all affected versions. As a workaround, sanitize the user-provided locale name before passing it to Moment.js.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on moment, Moment.js, upgrade to a fixed version (2.29.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/moment/moment/security/advisories/GHSA-8hfj-j24r-96c4
- https://github.com/moment/moment/commit/4211bfc8f15746be4019bba557e29a7ba83d54c5
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-09
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220513-0006/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6QIO6YNLTK2T7SPKDS4JEL45FANLNC2Q/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ORJX2LF6KMPIHP6B2P6KZIVKMLE3LVJ5/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00035.html
- https://github.com/AnomalousVectors/cve-2022-24785-poc-lab

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