CVE-2025-59342 (GCVE-0-2025-59342)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-17 17:59 – Updated: 2026-01-14 15:52
VLAI
Title
esm.sh writes arbitrary files via path traversal in `X-Zone-Id` header
Summary
esm.sh is a nobuild content delivery network(CDN) for modern web development. In 136 and earlier, a path-traversal flaw in the handling of the X-Zone-Id HTTP header allows an attacker to cause the application to write files outside the intended storage location. The header value is used to build a filesystem path but is not properly canonicalized or restricted to the application’s storage base directory. As a result, supplying ../ sequences in X-Zone-Id causes files to be written to arbitrary directories. Version 136.1 contains a patch.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-09-17 18:19 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-24 - Path Traversal: '../filedir'
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7771 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
esm-dev esm.sh Affected: <= 136
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