CVE-2017-18869
lowpriority · track · 10EPSS 0.003 · 27 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A TOCTOU issue in the chownr package before 1.1.0 for Node.js 10.10 could allow a local attacker to trick it into descending into unintended directories via symlink attacks.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-0:8.17.0-2.el7.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-0:8.17.0-2.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-0:8.17.0-2.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-0:8.17.0-2.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-0:8.17.0-2.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-0:8.17.0-2.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-0:8.17.0-2.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-0:8.17.0-2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-0:8.17.0-2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-0:8.17.0-2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-0:8.17.0-2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-0:8.17.0-2.el7.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-0:8.17.0-2.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-0:8.17.0-2.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-0:8.17.0-2.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-0:8.17.0-2.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-0:8.17.0-2.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-0:8.17.0-2.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-0:8.17.0-2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-0:8.17.0-2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-0:8.17.0-2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-0:8.17.0-2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-docs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-docs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-docs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-nodejs-docs-0:8.17.0-2.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-npm-0:6.13.4-8.17.0.2.el7.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-npm-0:6.13.4-8.17.0.2.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-npm-0:6.13.4-8.17.0.2.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-npm-0:6.13.4-8.17.0.2.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-npm-0:6.13.4-8.17.0.2.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-npm-0:6.13.4-8.17.0.2.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-npm-0:6.13.4-8.17.0.2.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-npm-0:6.13.4-8.17.0.2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-npm-0:6.13.4-8.17.0.2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-npm-0:6.13.4-8.17.0.2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625 - Fixedrh-nodejs8-npm-0:6.13.4-8.17.0.2.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2625
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 1.9–7.7
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
affected products (62)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (3)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- RHSA-2020:2625Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-nodejs8-nodejs security update2020-06-19csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for rh-nodejs8-nodejs is now available for Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
- WID-SEC-W-2026-2183Red Hat Software Collections: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2020-06-18csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Software Collections ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Verfügbarkeit und die Integrität der Anwendungen zu gefährden.
- GHSA-c6rq-rjc2-86v2Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in chownr2022-02-10ghsa · osvUS
A TOCTOU issue in the chownr package before 1.1.0 for Node.js 10.10 could allow a local attacker to trick it into descending into unintended directories via symlink attacks.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (15)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=863985cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1611614cnnvd
- https://github.com/isaacs/chownr/issues/14cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18869cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158157/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2020-2625-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:chownr:20180731cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.2156/cnnvd
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=863985enisa_euvd
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