CVE-2025-23084

Severity Score

5.6

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-01-10 CVE Reserved
2025-01-28 CVE Published
2025-01-28 CVE Updated
2025-01-29 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/january-2025-security-releases

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Nodejs Search vendor "Nodejs"		Node Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node"				18.20.5 Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node" and version "18.20.5"		en		Affected
Nodejs Search vendor "Nodejs"		Node Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node"				20.18.1 Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node" and version "20.18.1"		en		Affected
Nodejs Search vendor "Nodejs"		Node Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node"				22.13.0 Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node" and version "22.13.0"		en		Affected
Nodejs Search vendor "Nodejs"		Node Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node"				23.6.0 Search vendor "Nodejs" for product "Node" and version "23.6.0"		en		Affected