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GHSA-8HFJ-J24R-96C4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-04-04 21:25 – Updated: 2025-11-04 16:35
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Summary
Path Traversal: 'dir/../../filename' in moment.locale
Details

Impact

This vulnerability impacts npm (server) users of moment.js, especially if user provided locale string, eg fr is directly used to switch moment locale.

Patches

This problem is patched in 2.29.2, and the patch can be applied to all affected versions (from 1.0.1 up until 2.29.1, inclusive).

Workarounds

Sanitize user-provided locale name before passing it to moment.js.

References

Are there any links users can visit to find out more?

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in moment repo

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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        "name": "moment"
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  "aliases": [
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  ],
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    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-22",
      "CWE-27"
    ],
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-04-04T21:25:48Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-04-04T17:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nThis vulnerability impacts npm (server) users of moment.js, especially if user provided locale string, eg `fr` is directly used to switch moment locale.\n\n### Patches\nThis problem is patched in 2.29.2, and the patch can be applied to all affected versions (from 1.0.1 up until 2.29.1, inclusive).\n\n### Workarounds\nSanitize user-provided locale name before passing it to moment.js.\n\n### References\n_Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [moment repo](https://github.com/moment/moment)",
  "id": "GHSA-8hfj-j24r-96c4",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T16:35:41Z",
  "published": "2022-04-04T21:25:48Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00035.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6QIO6YNLTK2T7SPKDS4JEL45FANLNC2Q"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ORJX2LF6KMPIHP6B2P6KZIVKMLE3LVJ5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    {
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220513-0006"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-09"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Path Traversal: \u0027dir/../../filename\u0027 in moment.locale"
}



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