CVE-2025-23084 Affecting nodejs-16 package, versions <16.20.2-r16


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.29% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-NODEJS16-14952985
  • published15 Jan 2026
  • disclosed28 Jan 2025

Introduced: 28 Jan 2025

CVE-2025-23084  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard nodejs-16 to version 16.20.2-r16 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-16 package and not the nodejs-16 package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

On Windows, a path that does not start with the file separator is treated as relative to the current directory.

This vulnerability affects Windows users of path.join API.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1