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CVE-2024-22017

setuid() does not affect libuv's internal io_uring operations if initialized before the call to setuid().

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 20.11.1, 21.6.2
1 proof of concept on GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

setuid() does not affect libuv's internal io_uring operations if initialized before the call to setuid(). This allows the process to perform privileged operations despite presumably having dropped such privileges through a call to setuid(). This vulnerability affects all users using version greater or equal than Node.js 18.18.0, Node.js 20.4.0 and Node.js 21.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

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

  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

References 4

hackerone.com

openwall.com

security.netapp.com

GitHub · SpiralBL0CK/cve-2024-22017_to_test