CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
99.5%
The Node.js project released a new version of 8.x this week which incorporates a security fix.
Version 8.5.0 of Node.js is vulnerable. 4.x and 6.x versions are NOT vulnerable.
Node.js 8 (Current)
Node.js version 8.5.0 included a change which caused a security vulnerability in the checks on paths made by some community modules. As a result, an attacker may be able to access file system paths other than those intended.
This problem was resolved within Node.js by partially reverting <https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b98e8d995efb426bbdee56ce503017bdcbbc6332>.
A CVE has been assigned as CVE-2017-14849
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
99.5%