Directory Traversal Affecting nodejs-current package, versions <20.8.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE319-NODEJSCURRENT-6109982
  • published8 Dec 2023
  • disclosed18 Oct 2023

Introduced: 18 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-39332  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.19 nodejs-current to version 20.8.1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-current package and not the nodejs-current package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.19 relevant fixed versions and status.

Various node:fs functions allow specifying paths as either strings or Uint8Array objects. In Node.js environments, the Buffer class extends the Uint8Array class. Node.js prevents path traversal through strings (see CVE-2023-30584) and Buffer objects (see CVE-2023-32004), but not through non-Buffer Uint8Array objects.

This is distinct from CVE-2023-32004 which only referred to Buffer objects. However, the vulnerability follows the same pattern using Uint8Array instead of Buffer.

Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js.

CVSS Scores

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