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CVE-2024-21891

HIGH
Published 2024-02-20T01:31:08.152Z
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CVSS Score

V3.0
7.9
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.243
Higher than 24.3% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
Not Available
Attack Complexity
Not Available
Privileges Required
Not Available
User Interaction
Not Available
Scope
Not Available

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
Not Available
Integrity
Not Available
Availability
Not Available

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.
This vulnerability 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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

NodeJS

Node

Affected Versions:

4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0 16.0 17.0 19.0 20.0 21.0
nodejs

nodejs

Affected Versions:

21.6.0 20.11.0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-4rwx-mrf5-wx33

Advisory Details

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. This vulnerability 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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21891
WEB https://hackerone.com/reports/2259914
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0005
WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/11/1

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: February 20, 2024, Modified: May 1, 2024

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/2259914
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0005/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/11/1
Published: 2024-02-20T01:31:08.152Z
Last Modified: 2025-04-30T22:25:09.844Z
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