Low severity · published Sep 7, 2024
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
3.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NO
Node · NodeJS
4.0 before 4.*; 5.0 before 5.*; 6.0 before 6.*; 7.0 before 7.*; 8.0 before 8.*; 9.0 before 9.*; +12 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36137
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36137
nodejs.org
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2024-security-releases
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241122-0005/
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