{"id":"CVE-2025-23084","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"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","description":"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.\r\n\r\nOn Windows, a path that does not start with the file separator is treated as relative to the current directory. \r\n\r\nThis vulnerability affects Windows users of `path.join` API.","publishedAt":"2025-01-28T04:35:15.236Z","updatedAt":"2025-11-04T21:09:38.409Z","severity":{"score":5.6,"label":"Medium","version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N","source":"hackerone"},"assigner":"hackerone","products":["NodeJS Node"],"affected":[{"vendor":"NodeJS","product":"Node","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"4.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"4.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"5.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"6.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"7.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"8.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"8.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"9.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"9.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"10.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"10.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"11.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"11.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"12.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"13.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"13.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"14.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"14.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"15.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"15.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"16.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"16.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"17.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"17.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"18.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"18.20.6","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"19.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"19.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"20.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"20.18.2","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"21.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"21.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"22.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"22.13.1","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"23.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"23.6.1","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":["https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/january-2025-security-releases","https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250321-0003/","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/22/2"],"weaknesses":["CWE-22"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:08:39.238Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2025/23xxx/CVE-2025-23084.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-23084","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-01-28T04:35:15.236Z","dateUpdated":"2025-11-04T21:09:38.409Z","assignerShortName":"hackerone","assignerOrgId":"36234546-b8fa-4601-9d6f-f4e334aa8ea1","dateReserved":"2025-01-10T19:05:52.771Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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.\r\n\r\nOn Windows, a path that does not start with the file separator is treated as relative to the current directory. \r\n\r\nThis vulnerability affects Windows users of `path.join` API."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"NodeJS","product":"Node","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"4.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"4.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"5.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"6.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"7.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"8.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"8.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"9.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"9.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"10.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"10.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"11.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"11.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"12.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"13.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"13.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"14.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"14.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"15.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"15.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"16.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"16.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"17.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"17.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"18.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"18.20.6","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"19.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"19.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"20.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"20.18.2","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"21.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"21.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"22.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"22.13.1","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"23.0","status":"affected","lessThan":"23.6.1","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/january-2025-security-releases"}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_0":{"version":"3.0","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N","baseScore":5.6,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM"}}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"hackerone","orgId":"36234546-b8fa-4601-9d6f-f4e334aa8ea1","dateUpdated":"2025-04-30T22:25:23.315Z"}},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2025-01-28T15:07:59.235224Z","id":"CVE-2025-23084","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-22","type":"CWE","lang":"en","description":"CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2025-01-28T15:08:35.521Z"}},{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250321-0003/"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/22/2"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2025-11-04T21:09:38.409Z"}}]}}}