CVE-2024-36137

low

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.

References

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2024-security-releases

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-09-07

Updated: 2024-09-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Severity: Low