CVE-2017-1000228

published 2017-11-17

CVE-2017-1000228: nodejs ejs versions older than 2.5.3 is vulnerable to remote code execution due to weak input validation in ejs.renderFile() function

Priority P2 59 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

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

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	node-ejs	< node-ejs 2.5.7-1 (bookworm)	node-ejs 2.5.7-1 (bookworm)
ejs	ejs	< 2.5.3	2.5.3
ejs	ejs	>= 0 < 2.5.5	2.5.5

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

• → Target function for exploitation is ejs.renderFile() — monitor for unexpected or unsanitized user-controlled input passed to this function in Node.js applications using EJS versions older than 2.5.3 ↗

• · Vulnerability is scoped as local exploitation; remote code execution requires the attacker to influence input passed to ejs.renderFile() within the local application context ↗
• · All Debian tracked branches (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie) are resolved at package version 2.5.7-1; ensure deployed EJS is at least 2.5.3 (upstream fix) or 2.5.7-1 (Debian package) ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 10.0 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv 9.8 CRITICAL

vendor_debian 9.8 CRITICAL

Stop checking back — get the weekly exploitation signal.

Every Monday: what got weaponized or added to CISA KEV in the last seven days — each CVE cross-linked to its PoC, Nuclei template, and detection rule. Free, one email a week, unsubscribe in one click.

CWE-20