7.9
High
CVE-2024-21896 The permission model protects itself against path traversal attacks by calling path.resolve() on any paths given by…
Description
The permission model protects itself against path traversal attacks by calling path.resolve() on any paths given by the user. If the path is to be treated as a Buffer, the implementation uses Buffer.from() to obtain a Buffer from the result of path.resolve(). By monkey-patching Buffer internals, namely, Buffer.prototype.utf8Write, the application can modify the result of path.resolve(), which leads to a path traversal vulnerability. 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.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Node 21.0 | 21.0 → < 21.6.2 | 21.6.2 |
| Node 20.0 | 20.0 → < 20.11.1 | 20.11.1 |
| Node 19.0 | 19.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| Node 17.0 | 17.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| Node 16.0 | 16.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| Node 15.0 | 15.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| Node 14.0 | 14.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| Node 13.0 | 13.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| Node 12.0 | 12.0 → latest | No fix stated |
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| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Node 11.0 | 11.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| Node 10.0 | 10.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| Node 9.0 | 9.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| Node 8.0 | 8.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| Node 7.0 | 7.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| Node 6.0 | 6.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| Node 5.0 | 5.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| Node 4.0 | 4.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| nodejs | 21.6.1 | No fix stated |
| nodejs 20.11 | earliest → < 20.11.0 | 20.11.0 |
References
- hackerone.com hackerone.com
- security.netapp.com security.netapp.com
- www.openwall.com www.openwall.com
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