CVE-2025-65025 describes a critical path traversal vulnerability in the esm.sh CDN service, affecting versions prior to 136. An attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious NPM package with specially formed file paths, allowing arbitrary file writes outside the intended extraction directory on the server. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 136CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:esm:esm.sh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
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