CVE-2026-17495

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.95.9—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.9 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 71% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

moment is a JavaScript date library for parsing, validating, manipulating, and formatting dates. In versions 2.29.2 through 2.30.1, a specially crafted non-string object passed to moment.locale() can bypass the locale-name path-traversal guard. The guard assumes the input is a string, so an object whose match() method satisfies the check while its toString() returns a traversal path reaches an internal require() call with attacker-controlled path segments. This is an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-24785 and primarily affects npm (server-side) users that pass user-provided input directly to moment.locale(). The issue is fixed in moment 2.31.0, and users should upgrade to 2.31.0 or later. As a workaround, validate that any user-supplied input is a string before passing it to moment.locale().

CVSS v3
5.9
EG Score
5.9(medium)
EG Risk
27(Track)
EG Risk 27/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity59% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
29%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 15, 2026

Last Modified

September 16, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 15, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

Security Advisories | OpenJS Foundation CVE Numbering Authority

https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html
github Patch Available

moment vulnerable to Path Traversal via crafted non-string locale name · Advisory · moment/moment · GitHub

https://github.com/moment/moment/security/advisories/GHSA-4p3w-j4w9-5jqw

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 10× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-18 18:14 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-16 17:55 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-15 18:33 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-15 17:58 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-15 06:28 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-15 05:43 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-15 05:43 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-17495?
CVE-2026-17495 is a medium vulnerability published on September 15, 2026. moment is a JavaScript date library for parsing, validating, manipulating, and formatting dates. In versions 2.29.2 through 2.30.1, a specially crafted non-string object passed to moment.locale() can bypass the locale-name path-traversal guard. The guard assumes the input is a string, so an object…
When was CVE-2026-17495 disclosed?
CVE-2026-17495 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 15, 2026, with the most recent update on September 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-17495 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-17495 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 70.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-17495?
CVE-2026-17495 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-17495?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-17495, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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