Critical File handling

CVE-2025-61686 — React Router has Path Traversal in File Session Storage

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.

Published Jan 10, 2026 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: GitHub_M

Moderate

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

EPSS 17.3% (30-day exploitation probability)+15
Technical severity (critical)+10
Automatable exploitation (SSVC)+3

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

17.35%

ahead of 97% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026

Affects

Remix-run

React-router and 3 more

CVSS base

9.1

Critical · 3 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

Yes

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Partial

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Remix-run React-router, Shopify React-router/node, Shopify Remix-run/deno…).
The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
EPSS ahead of 97% of scored CVEs: prioritize it in the patch queue.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (file handling), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Remix-run	React-router	version @react-router/node >= 7.0.0, < 7.9.4version @remix-run/deno < 2.17.2version @remix-run/node < 2.17.2	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Shopify	React-router/node	≥ 7.0.0 and < 7.9.4	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Shopify	Remix-run/deno	< 2.17.2	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Shopify	Remix-run/node	< 2.17.2	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
9.1	CVSS 3.1	Critical	3.9	5.2	security-advisories@github.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
9.1	CVSS 3.1	Critical	3.9	5.2	0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c via NIST National Vulnerability Database
9.1	CVSS 3.1	Critical	—	—	GitHub_M via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: security-advisories@github.com)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-22 · Path Traversal

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 17.35%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
Monitor file creation in web directories and paths with traversal sequences (../).

web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPSfile integrity (FIM)endpoint telemetry (EDR)

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · remix-run/react-router
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 13, 2026
CVSS changed · 9.1
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Modified
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVE published
Jan 10, 2026 · GitHub_M

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

4 on the record

github.com/remix-run/react-router/security/advisories/GHSA-9583-h5hc-x8cw
Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CONFIRM, NIST National Vulnerability Database
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
NIST National Vulnerability Database
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61686
NIST National Vulnerability Database
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-61686.json
NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Remix-run
every CVE for this vendor

File handling
same class

CWE-22
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

High CVE-2026-55685 React Router: Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Inefficient Route Matching Jul 27, 2026
Medium CVE-2026-53669 React Router: Open redirect via backslash in <Link> and useNavigate (CVE-2025-68470 bypass) Jul 27, 2026
Medium CVE-2026-53667 React Router: Cross-site Scripting is Possible due to Missing RSCErrorHandler Protocol Validation (Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-53667) Jul 27, 2026
Medium CVE-2026-53668 React Router: Open redirect can lead to XSS Jul 27, 2026
Medium CVE-2026-53666 React Router: Arbitrary Constructor Injection via deserializeErrors() in React Router SSR Hydration Jul 27, 2026
Low CVE-2026-53663 React Router: `handleDocumentRequest` CSRF check covers `POST` only; PUT/PATCH/DELETE bypass Jun 22, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2025-61686 is "React Router has Path Traversal in File Session Storage", rated Critical. It affects React-router (Remix-run); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 9.1 describes technical severity. EPSS 17.35% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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