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CVE-2025-27210

This vulnerability affects Windows users of `path.join` API.

EXPLOITHIGH 7.5EPSS 14.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.3%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

An incomplete fix has been identified for CVE-2025-23084 in Node.js, specifically affecting Windows device names like CON, PRN, and AUX. This vulnerability affects Windows users of `path.join` API.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
14.34% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 16 July 2025
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Source
support@hackerone.com
EPSS trend
0%8%15%19 October 2026: 14.34%26 October 2026: 14.34%19 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS moved from 14.3% on 19 October 2026 to 14.3% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-52369source ↗NodeJS 24.x - Path Traversalnodejs · Abdualhadi khalifaremote16 July 2025no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.