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CVE-2020-36651: youngerheart nodeserver nodeserver.js path traversal

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

A vulnerability has been found in youngerheart nodeserver and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file nodeserver.js. The manipulation leads to path traversal. The identifier of the patch is c4c0f0138ab5afbac58e03915d446680421bde28. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-218461 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Affected products

• youngerheart nodeserver: before 2020-08-21 — fixed in 2020-08-21

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: youngerheart nodeserver 2020-08-21. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/youngerheart/nodeserver/commit/c4c0f0138ab5afbac58e03915d446680421bde28
• https://github.com/youngerheart/nodeserver/pull/6
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218461
• https://vuldb.com/?id.218461
• https://github.com/youngerheart/nodeserver/commit/c4c0f0138ab5afbac58e03915d446680421bde28
• https://github.com/youngerheart/nodeserver/pull/6
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218461
• https://vuldb.com/?id.218461

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