CVE-2018-3732
Path Traversal in resolve-path
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-3732- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-3732- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0230 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2018-0230- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-62g9-6hw5-rwfp
Path Traversal in resolve-path
Versions of resolve-path before 1.4.0 are vulnerable to path traversal. resolve-path relative path resolving suffers from a lack of file path sanitization for windows based paths.
Recommendation
Update to version 1.4.0 or later.
- Record
GHSA-62g9-6hw5-rwfp- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-3732- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-62g9-6hw5-rwfp
Path Traversal in resolve-path
Versions of resolve-path before 1.4.0 are vulnerable to path traversal. resolve-path relative path resolving suffers from a lack of file path sanitization for windows based paths.
Recommendation
Update to version 1.4.0 or later.
- Record
GHSA-62g9-6hw5-rwfp- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
resolve-pathnpm |
before 1.4.0 | 1.4.0 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-3732 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Hackerone Resolve-path Node Module, published June 7, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.37%, the 83rd percentile. Fixed in resolve-path 1.4.0.