Is CVE-2025-23084 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-23084 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-23084?

CVE-2025-23084 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-23084?

CVE-2025-23084 has an EPSS score of 1.40% (69th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-23084?

Upgrade Node.js to 18.20.6 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-23084

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Node.js, specifically affecting the handling of drive names in the Windows environment. Certain Node.js functions do not treat drive names as special on Windows. As a result, although Node.js assumes a relative path, it actually refers to the root directory. On Windows, a path that does not start with the file separator is treated as relative to the current directory. This vulnerability affects Windows users of `path.join` API.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

Node.jsWindows application

Affected:18.0 18.20.6Fixed in:18.20.6Node.js Foundation

Affected:20.0 20.18.2Fixed in:20.18.2Node.js Foundation

Affected:22.0 22.13.1Fixed in:22.13.1Node.js Foundation

Affected:23.0 23.6.1Fixed in:23.6.1Node.js Foundation

Node.js (LTS)Windows application

Affected:20.0 20.18.2Fixed in:20.18.2Node.js Foundation

Affected:23.0 23.6.1Fixed in:23.6.1Node.js Foundation

Affected:22.0 22.13.1Fixed in:22.13.1Node.js Foundation

Affected:18.0 18.20.6Fixed in:18.20.6Node.js Foundation

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.40%probability of exploitation in 30 days

69thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 69% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

nodejs.org

Other references2

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CVE-2022-29464	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-04.