ubuntu-cve-2025-54798
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-08-07 01:15
Modified
2026-05-20 15:22
Summary
Details

tmp is a temporary file and directory creator for node.js. In versions 0.2.3 and below, tmp is vulnerable to an arbitrary temporary file / directory write via symbolic link dir parameter. This is fixed in version 0.2.4.

Severity
2.5 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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      },
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "tmp is a temporary file and directory creator for node.js. In versions 0.2.3 and below, tmp is vulnerable to an arbitrary temporary file / directory write via symbolic link dir parameter. This is fixed in version 0.2.4.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54798",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T15:22:55Z",
  "published": "2025-08-07T01:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-54798"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54798"
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      "url": "https://github.com/raszi/node-tmp/commit/188b25e529496e37adaf1a1d9dccb40019a08b1b"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/raszi/node-tmp/issues/207"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-54798"
  ]
}



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