What is CVE-2024-37372?

CVE-2024-37372 is a low-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 3.6/10. Published 2025-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2024-37372?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-37372 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Nodejs Node

CVE-2024-37372

The Permission Model assumes that any path starting with two backslashes \ has a four-character prefix that can be ignored, which is not always true. This subtle bug leads to vulnerable edge cases.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.005 (38.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.6 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Nodejs Node — versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

sharmapintu987654321-boop/Nessus-Scan-Reports

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-37372?: CVE-2024-37372 is a low-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 3.6/10. Published 2025-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-37372?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-37372 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.