# CVE-2024-25466: React Native Document Picker Directory Traversal vulnerability

> A local attacker can execute arbitrary code via a crafted script exploiting a directory traversal flaw in the React Native Document Picker library.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 19 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pmgm-h3cc-m4hj, ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2024-25466

## What is CVE-2024-25466?

CVE-2024-25466 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Directory Traversal vulnerability in React Native Document Picker before v.9.1.1 and fixed in v.9.1.1 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted script to the Android library component.

Weakness: CWE-26 (Path Traversal: '/dir/../filename')

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25466?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including react-native-document-picker. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `react-native-document-picker` | npm | All versions | 8.2.2 |
| `react-native-document-picker` | npm | All versions | 8.2.2 |
| `react-native-document-picker` | npm | From 9.0.0 | 9.1.1 |
| `react-native-document-picker` | npm | From 9.0.0 | 9.1.1 |

Products: React-Native-Documents Document Picker.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-25466?

Upgrade react-native-document-picker to a fixed version for your release line: 8.2.2 or 9.1.1.

## Is CVE-2024-25466 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25466 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Description for CVE-2024-25466 (github_poc): https://github.com/FixedOctocat/CVE-2024-25466

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-25466 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-25466 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25466 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- react-native-document-picker (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 8.2.2
- react-native-document-picker (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 8.2.2
- react-native-document-picker (npm): affected from 9.0.0; fixed in 9.1.1
- react-native-document-picker (npm): affected from 9.0.0; fixed in 9.1.1

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25466/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25466/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25466
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25466
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-25466

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25466/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.