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CVE-2024-21890

The Node.js Permission Model does not clarify in the documentation that wildcards should be only used as the last character of a file path.

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 20.11.1, 21.6.2
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

The Node.js Permission Model does not clarify in the documentation that wildcards should be only used as the last character of a file path. For example: ``` --allow-fs-read=/home/node/.ssh/*.pub ``` will ignore `pub` and give access to everything after `.ssh/`. This misleading documentation 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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • NodeJS Node

    From 4.0; From 5.0; From 6.0; From 7.0; From 8.0; From 9.0; From 10.0; From 11.0; From 12.0; From 13.0; From 14.0; From 15.0; From 16.0; From 17.0; From 19.0; From 20.0 · fixed in 20.11.1; From 21.0 · fixed in 21.6.2

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