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CVE-2018-3732

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

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 products

• HackerOne resolve-path node module: before 1.4.0 — fixed in 1.4.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HackerOne resolve-path node module 1.4.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/pillarjs/resolve-path/commit/fe5b8052cafd35fcdafe9210e100e9050b37d2a0
• https://hackerone.com/reports/315760
• https://github.com/pillarjs/resolve-path/commit/fe5b8052cafd35fcdafe9210e100e9050b37d2a0
• https://hackerone.com/reports/315760

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