Vulnerability · Published Aug 15, 2023 · Assigned by hackerone

CVE-2023-32004

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-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 2.1% (higher than 82% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)2.1%top 18.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability has been discovered in Node.js version 20, specifically within the experimental permission model. This flaw relates to improper handling of Buffers in file system APIs causing a traversal path to bypass when verifying file permissions. 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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Affected products (as reported)

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