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CVE-2023-39331

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-39331 is a path traversal vulnerability affecting Node.js, stemming from an insufficient patch for a previous vulnerability (CVE-2023-30584). It allows an attacker to overwrite built-in utility functions with user-defined implementations, impacting the integrity of the system. Rated as High severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on integrity without requiring user interaction. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 20.0.0, < 20.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
>= 20.0, < 20.8.1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.7HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0132 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: nodejs:20-8090020231019152822.a75119d5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-39331Important

nodejs: permission model improperly protects against path traversal

Oct 13, 2023

References

security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20241108-0002
hackerone.com / reports/2092852
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20231116-0009
Third Party Advisory