CVE-2017-18869
Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in chownr
2.5
LOW
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.05%
Description
A TOCTOU issue in the chownr package before 1.1.0 for Node.js 10.10 could allow a local attacker to trick it into descending into unintended directories via symlink attacks.
How to fix CVE-2017-18869
To remediate CVE-2017-18869, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/node-chownr—upgrade to 1.1.1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.1.0 or later
Is CVE-2017-18869 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.1.1-1
- from 0, < 1.1.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | LOW2.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |