ejs is vulnerable to remote code execution due to weak input validation

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2017-1000228 · GHSA-3w5v-p54c-f74x · Published 17/11/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-1000228 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting ejs (ejs), ejs.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.3%, higher than 93.6% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.5.3, 2.5.5 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ejs ejs	`< 2.5.3`	`2.5.3`
ejs npm	`< 2.5.5`	`2.5.5`

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

NVD description

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

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

< 2.5.3

2.5.3

npm

< 2.5.5

2.5.5

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