CVE-2024-36137

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.

CVSS Metrics

• v3.0•LOW•Score: 3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.40%• Percentile: 34%

Affected Systems

• alpine•nodejs

  < 20.15.1-r0 | < 20.15.1-r0 | < 20.15.1-r0 | < 20.15.1-r0 | < 20.15.1-r0 | < 20.15.1-r0

• chainguard•nodejs-21

  all

• wolfi•nodejs-21

  all

• debian•nodejs

  < 20.15.1+dfsg-1 | < 20.15.1+dfsg-1

• nodejs•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, < 20.15.1 | ≥ 21.0, < 21.* | ≥ 22.0, < 22.4.1

References (4)

• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2024-security-releases
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241122-0005/
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-36137
• https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-36137