GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm, Maven, PyPI, NuGet
GHSA-rmjr-87wv-gf87 Mammoth is vulnerable to Directory Traversal
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-11849
- Ecosystem
- npm, Maven, PyPI, NuGet
- Packages
- mammoth, org.zwobble.mammoth:mammoth, Mammoth
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
- Reviewed
- 2025-10-17
Affected packages
• npm mammoth: >= 0.3.25, < 1.11.0 → fixed in 1.11.0
• Maven org.zwobble.mammoth:mammoth: < 1.11.0 → fixed in 1.11.0
• PyPI mammoth: >= 0.3.25, < 1.11.0 → fixed in 1.11.0
• NuGet Mammoth: < 1.11.0 → fixed in 1.11.0
Description
Versions of the package mammoth from 0.3.25 and before 1.11.0; versions of the package mammoth from 0.3.25 and before 1.11.0; versions of the package mammoth before 1.11.0; versions of the package org.zwobble.mammoth:mammoth before 1.11.0 are vulnerable to Directory Traversal due to the lack of path or file type validation when processing a docx file containing an image with an external link (r:link attribute instead of embedded r:embed). The library resolves the URI to a file path and after reading, the content is encoded as base64 and included in the HTML output as a data URI. An attacker can read arbitrary files on the system where the conversion is performed or cause an excessive resources consumption by crafting a docx file that links to special device files such as /dev/random or /dev/zero.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-11849 Versions of the package mammoth from 0.3.25 and before 1.11.0; versions of the package mammoth from 0.3.25 and before 1.11.0; versions of… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11849 advisory
- https://github.com/mwilliamson/mammoth.js/commit/c54aaeb43a7941317c1f3c119ffa92090f988820 web
- https://gist.github.com/AudunWA/4d690d9ae5efdafe7cf71d9c2ee90a10 web
- https://github.com/mwilliamson/java-mammoth package
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-DOTNET-MAMMOTH-13561968 web
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGZWOBBLEMAMMOTH-13561969 web
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MAMMOTH-13554470 web
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-MAMMOTH-13561967 web