7.3

CVE-2024-22017: nodejs node Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

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AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-22017openSUSE-SU-2024:13972-1CGA-5rr3-mrx2-mp62
Published 19-03-2024Last modified 30-04-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-22017 is a high (CVSS 7.3) Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in nodejs node. EPSS estimates a 0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.3, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.3/10
010
High · v3.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.89%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13697-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13698-1RHSA-2024:1687RHSA-2024:1688SUSE-SU-2024:0643-1

Timeline

  1. 19-03-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

setuid() does not affect libuv's internal io_uring operations if initialized before the call to setuid(). This allows the process to perform privileged operations despite presumably having dropped such privileges through a call to setuid(). This vulnerability affects all users using version greater or equal than Node.js 18.18.0, Node.js 20.4.0 and Node.js 21.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.89%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

60%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.89% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, administrative account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard1 product
  • eco-nodejs-20.9.0All versions (No fix recorded)
Nodejs1 product
  • node≥ 4.0, < 4.* | ≥ 5.0, < 5.* | ≥ 6.0, < 6.* | ≥ 7.0, < 7.* | ≥ 8.0, < 8.* | ≥ 9.0, < 9.* | ≥ 10.0, < 10.* | ≥ 11.0, < 11.* | ≥ 12.0, < 12.* | ≥ 13.0, < 13.* | ≥ 14.0, < 14.* | ≥ 15.0, < 15.* | ≥ 16.0, < 16.* | ≥ 17.0, < 17.* | ≥ 19.0, < 19.* | ≥ 20.0, < 20.11.1 | ≥ 21.0, < 21.6.2
Opensuse1 product
  • nodejs-electron&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 29.4.0-1.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • nodejs< 20.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2

4 vendors · 4 products

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