CVE-2024-21891

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-22 Path Traversal

Publication date:

20/02/2024

Last modified:

28/03/2025

Description

Node.js depends on multiple built-in utility functions to normalize paths provided to node:fs functions, which can be overwitten with user-defined implementations leading to filesystem permission model bypass through path traversal attack.<br /> This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental permission model in Node.js 20 and Node.js 21.<br /> 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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x

8.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

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)

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CVE-2024-21891

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools