Vulnerability Identified in Node.js Experimental Permission Model
CVE-2024-36137

3.3LOW

Key Information:

Vendor

Nodejs

Status
Node
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 September 2024

What is CVE-2024-36137?

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.

Affected Version(s)

node 20.15.0

node 22.4.0

References

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2024-securi...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
3.3
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2024-36137 : Vulnerability Identified in Node.js Experimental Permission Model