Vulnerability · Published Jul 18, 2025 · Assigned by hackerone

CVE-2025-27210

High 7.5

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 14.3% (higher than 97% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)14.3%top 3.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

An incomplete fix has been identified for CVE-2025-23084 in Node.js, specifically affecting Windows device names like CON, PRN, and AUX. This vulnerability affects Windows users of `path.join` API.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
nodejs	node	20.0.0 – before 20.19.422.0.0 – before 22.17.124.0.0 – before 24.4.1
nodejs	nodejs	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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Affected products (as reported)

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