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CVE-2024-36137

LOW
Published 2024-09-07T16:00:35.999Z
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CVSS Score

V3.0
3.3
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.062
Higher than 6.2% 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

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.

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 22.0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed LOW

GHSA-q793-mj5v-wh68

Advisory Details

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 Scoring

CVSS Score

2.5

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36137
WEB https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2024-security-releases
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241122-0005

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: September 7, 2024, Modified: November 22, 2024

References

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

HackerOne Reports

fs.fchown/fchmod bypasses permission model Low
4xpl0r3r
Internet Bug Bounty
$249.00
Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR)
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Published: 2024-09-07T16:00:35.999Z
Last Modified: 2025-04-30T22:25:18.074Z
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