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Path Validation Vulnerability, September 2017

Type: patchSource: Node.js announcements1 source record

Node.js 8.5.0 was vulnerable to a path validation issue that could let an attacker access unintended file system paths. The issue was resolved in a new Node.js 8.x release by partially reverting a change.

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Security context

The Node.js project released a new version of 8.x this week which incorporates a security fix.

Node.js

Version 8.5.0 of Node.js is vulnerable.
Affected versions
8.5.0
Version 8.5.0 of Node.js is vulnerable.
Fixed versions
8.x
The Node.js project released a new version of 8.x this week which incorporates a security fix.
Prerequisites
Not stated in this extraction
Related CVEs
CVE-2017-14849
A CVE has been assigned as CVE-2017-14849

Publisher severity

No explicit severity was extracted.

Event
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