Path Traversal in Hackerone Resolve-Path Node Module

CVE-2018-3732

resolve-path node module before 1.4.0 suffers from a Path Traversal vulnerability due to lack of validation of paths with certain special characters, which allows a malicious user to read content of any file with known path.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.024 (82.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-3732?
CVE-2018-3732 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hackerone Resolve-Path Node Module, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-3732?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-3732 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.