CVE detail

CVE-2017-18869 — CVE-2017-18869

Published 2020-06-15 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor chownr_project · Product chownr · Source nvd

LOW

severity

CVSS-derived band

2.5

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0034

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

26.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

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.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

cvedb.io · NVD · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS · vendor advisories (CVE Program List v5). Informational only, no warranty — verify every remediation against the vendor advisory before acting on it. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD, CISA, FIRST.org or any vendor named. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.