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Red Hat: CVE-2023-39332: nodejs: path traversal through path stored in Uint8Array (Multiple Advisories)
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
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10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Oct 18, 2023 | Nov 15, 2023 | Jan 30, 2025 |
Description
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.
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