CVE-2018-3732
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 7, 2018 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:57 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorResolve Path
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.4.0
Affected range stops below 1.4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/pillarjs/resolve-path/commit/fe5b8052cafd35fcdafe9210e100e9050b37d2a0x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://hackerone.com/reports/315760CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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