CVE-2017-1000228

critical
Published 2017-11-17 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
9.8

Description

nodejs ejs versions older than 2.5.3 is vulnerable to remote code execution due to weak input validation in ejs.renderFile() function

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000228

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.5.7-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.5.7-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.5.7-1
debian debiansidfixed2.5.7-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.5.7-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
npm npmejs<2.5.52.5.5

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ejsejs{"endExcluding":"2.5.3"}2.5.3

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.