CVE-2024-21890

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

20/02/2024

Last modified:

12/02/2025

Description

The Node.js Permission Model does not clarify in the documentation that wildcards should be only used as the last character of a file path. For example: ``` --allow-fs-read=/home/node/.ssh/*.pub ``` will ignore `pub` and give access to everything after `.ssh/`. This misleading documentation affects all users using the experimental permission model in Node.js 20 and Node.js 21. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

6.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js::::::::	20.0.0 (including)	20.11.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js::::::::	21.0.0 (including)	21.6.2 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2024-21890

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools