CVE-2017-14849

Node.js 8.5.0 before 8.6.0 allows remote attackers to access unintended files, because a change to ".." handling was incompatible with the pathname validation used by unspecified community modules.

CVSS v3.0

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

54.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Nuclei

high · CWE-22

Published

2017-09-28

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• anthager/TDA602-DIT101-NodeExploit0★ · 2020-05-21
• snyk-labs/container-breaking-in-goof8★ · 2026-06-17

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2017/CVE-2017-14849.yaml

Vulhub environments (1)

• vulhub/vulhub/tree/master/node/CVE-2017-14849

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-3714
• CVE-2023-50164
• CVE-2024-4367
• CVE-2017-14848
• CVE-2017-14857
• CVE-2017-14847