Vulnerability · Published Aug 15, 2023 · Assigned by hackerone

CVE-2023-32003

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in Node from NodeJS. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 32.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

`fs.mkdtemp()` and `fs.mkdtempSync()` can be used to bypass the permission model check using a path traversal attack. This flaw arises from a missing check in the fs.mkdtemp() API and the impact is a malicious actor could create an arbitrary directory. This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental permission model in Node.js 20. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
NodeJS	Node	4.0 – before 4.5.0 – before 5.6.0 – before 6.7.0 – before 7.8.0 – before 8.9.0 – before 9.10.0 – before 10.11.0 – before 11.

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Affected products (as reported)

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