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CVE-2026-21711 A flaw in Node.js Permission Model network enforcement leaves Unix Domain Socket (UDS) server operations without the…

Description

A flaw in Node.js Permission Model network enforcement leaves Unix Domain Socket (UDS) server operations without the required permission checks, while all comparable network paths correctly enforce them. As a result, code running under `--permission` without `--allow-net` can create and expose local IPC endpoints, allowing communication with other processes on the same host outside of the intended network restriction boundary. This vulnerability affects Node.js **25.x** processes using the Permission Model where `--allow-net` is intentionally omitted to restrict network access. Note that `--allow-net` is currently an experimental feature.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Node 25.8.1 No fix stated
Node 19.0 19.0 → latest No fix stated
Node 18.0 18.0 → 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

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