A vulnerability has been identified in Node.js, specifically affecting the handling of drive names in the Windows environment. Certain Node.js functions do not treat drive names as special on Windows. As a result, although Node.js assumes a relative path, it actually refers to the root directory.
On Windows, a path that does not start with the file separator is treated as relative to the current directory. 
This vulnerability affects Windows users of `path.join` API.
                
            References
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| https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/january-2025-security-releases | Vendor Advisory | 
Configurations
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History
                    19 Aug 2025, 18:45
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| References | () https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/january-2025-security-releases - Vendor Advisory | |
| Summary | 
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | |
| First Time | Microsoft Microsoft windows Nodejs node.js Nodejs | |
| CVSS | v2 : v3 : | v2 : unknown v3 : 5.5 | 
28 Jan 2025, 16:15
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| CWE | CWE-22 | 
28 Jan 2025, 05:15
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Information
                Published : 2025-01-28 05:15
Updated : 2025-08-19 18:45
NVD link : CVE-2025-23084
Mitre link : CVE-2025-23084
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-23084
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Products Affected
                microsoft
- windows
nodejs
- node.js
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-22
                        
            Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
