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CVE-2025-23084

A vulnerability has been identified in Node.js, specifically affecting the handling of drive names in the Windows environment.

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 18.20.6, 20.18.2, 22.13.1, 23.6.1
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • NodeJS Node

    From 4.0; From 5.0; From 6.0; From 7.0; From 8.0; From 9.0; From 10.0; From 11.0; From 12.0; From 13.0; From 14.0; From 15.0; From 16.0; From 17.0; From 18.0 · fixed in 18.20.6; From 19.0; From 20.0 · fixed in 20.18.2; From 21.0; From 22.0 · fixed in 22.13.1; From 23.0 · fixed in 23.6.1

References 1

nodejs.org