React Router has Path Traversal in File Session Storage
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
React Router is a router for React. In @react-router/node versions 7.0.0 through 7.9.3, @remix-run/deno prior to version 2.17.2, and @remix-run/node prior to version 2.17.2, if createFileSessionStorage() is being used from @react-router/node (or @remix-run/node/@remix-run/deno in Remix v2) with an unsigned cookie, it is possible for an attacker to cause the session to try to read/write from a location outside the specified session file directory. The success of the attack would depend on the permissions of the web server process to access those files. Read files cannot be returned directly to the attacker. Session file reads would only succeed if the file matched the expected session file format. If the file matched the session file format, the data would be populated into the server side session but not directly returned to the attacker unless the application logic returned specific session information. This issue has been patched in @react-router/node version 7.9.4, @remix-run/deno version 2.17.2, and @remix-run/node version 2.17.2.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| remix-run | react-router | @react-router/node >= 7.0.0, < 7.9.4; @remix-run/deno < 2.17.2; @remix-run/node < 2.17.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | @react-router/node (npm) | 7.0.0 to before 7.9.4 | 7.9.4 | Patch available | GHSA-9583-h5hc-x8cw |
| — | @remix-run/node (npm) | before 2.17.2 | 2.17.2 | Patch available | GHSA-9583-h5hc-x8cw |
| — | @remix-run/deno (npm) | before 2.17.2 | 2.17.2 | Patch available | GHSA-9583-h5hc-x8cw |
- react-router Vendorremix-run Affected @react-router/node >= 7.0.0, < 7.9.4; @remix-run/deno < 2.17.2; @remix-run/node < 2.17.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- @react-router/node (npm) Vendor— Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.9.4 Fixed in 7.9.4 Patch available GHSA-9583-h5hc-x8cw
- @remix-run/node (npm) Vendor— Affected before 2.17.2 Fixed in 2.17.2 Patch available GHSA-9583-h5hc-x8cw
- @remix-run/deno (npm) Vendor— Affected before 2.17.2 Fixed in 2.17.2 Patch available GHSA-9583-h5hc-x8cw
CPE configurations NVD · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:shopify:react-router\/node:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | 7.0.0 to before 7.9.4 | Vulnerable | remix-run |
| cpe:2.3:a:shopify:remix-run\/deno:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | before 2.17.2 | Vulnerable | remix-run |
| cpe:2.3:a:shopify:remix-run\/node:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | before 2.17.2 | Vulnerable | remix-run |
- cpe:2.3:a:shopify:react-router\/node:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions 7.0.0 to before 7.9.4 Vulnerable ·remix-run
- cpe:2.3:a:shopify:remix-run\/deno:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 2.17.2 Vulnerable ·remix-run
- cpe:2.3:a:shopify:remix-run\/node:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 2.17.2 Vulnerable ·remix-run
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-9583-h5hc-x8cw @react-router/node (npm) Fixed in 7.9.4 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-9583-h5hc-x8cw @remix-run/node (npm) Fixed in 2.17.2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-9583-h5hc-x8cw @remix-run/deno (npm) Fixed in 2.17.2 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Critical. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 46 products
- Cryostat 4
- Gatekeeper 3
- Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
- Migration Toolkit for Applications 7
- Migration Toolkit for Applications 8
- Migration Toolkit for Containers
- Migration Toolkit for Virtualization
- Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes
- Network Observability Operator
- Node HealthCheck Operator
- OpenShift Lightspeed
- OpenShift Pipelines
- OpenShift Service Mesh 2
- OpenShift Service Mesh 3
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
- Red Hat Build of Kueue
- Red Hat Connectivity Link 1
- Red Hat Data Grid 8
- Red Hat Developer Hub 1
- Red Hat Discovery 2
- Red Hat Edge Manager 1
- Red Hat Edge Manager preview
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Fuse 7
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
- Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4
- Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3
- Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4
- Red Hat Process Automation 7
- Red Hat Quay 3
- Red Hat Satellite 6
- Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
- Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer
- Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer
- Red Hat build of Apache Camel - HawtIO 4
- Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2
- Red Hat build of OptaPlanner 8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-61686
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9583-h5hc-x8cw
- 2026-10-27 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Advisory 2
Sources
- CVE-2025-61686 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-61686 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9583-h5hc-x8cw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-61686 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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