CVE-2024-36137

Low

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Node.js, affecting users of the experimental permission model when the --allow-fs-write flag is used. Node.js Permission Model do not operate on file descriptors, however, operations such as fs.fchown or fs.fchmod can use a "read-only" file descriptor to change the owner and permissions of a file.

SeverityLow
CVSS3.3
Exploit probability—
ProductNode
PublishedSep 7, 2024
First seenSep 7, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • NodeJS Node4.*, 5.*, 6.*, 7.*, 8.*, 9.*, 10.*, 11.*, 12.*, 13.*, 14.*, 15.*, 16.*, 17.*, 19.*, 20.15.1, 21.*, 22.4.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
NodeJS Node4.0 ≤ v < 4.*, 5.0 ≤ v < 5.*, 6.0 ≤ v < 6.*, 7.0 ≤ v < 7.*, 8.0 ≤ v < 8.*, 9.0 ≤ v < 9.*, 10.0 ≤ v < 10.*, 11.0 ≤ v < 11.*, 12.0 ≤ v < 12.*, 13.0 ≤ v < 13.*, 14.0 ≤ v < 14.*, 15.0 ≤ v < 15.*, 16.0 ≤ v < 16.*, 17.0 ≤ v < 17.*, 19.0 ≤ v < 19.*, 20.0 ≤ v < 20.15.1, 21.0 ≤ v < 21.*, 22.0 ≤ v < 22.4.14.*, 5.*, 6.*, 7.*, 8.*, 9.*, 10.*, 11.*, 12.*, 13.*, 14.*, 15.*, 16.*, 17.*, 19.*, 20.15.1, 21.*, 22.4.1

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