Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 20, 2024· Updated Apr 30, 2025
CVE-2024-21891
CVE-2024-21891
Description
Node.js depends on multiple built-in utility functions to normalize paths provided to node:fs functions, which can be overwitten with user-defined implementations leading to filesystem permission model bypass through path traversal attack. 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.
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Affected products
16- osv-coords14 versionspkg:bitnami/nodepkg:bitnami/node-minpkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejspkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-docspkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-full-i18npkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-nodemonpkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-packagingpkg:rpm/almalinux/nodejs-packaging-bundlerpkg:rpm/almalinux/npmpkg:rpm/opensuse/nodejs20&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/nodejs20&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/nodejs21&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/nodejs20&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2015%20SP5
>= 20.0.0, < 20.11.1+ 13 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 20.0.0, < 20.11.1
- (no CPE)range: >= 20.0.0, < 20.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1:20.11.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35
- (no CPE)range: < 1:20.11.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35
- (no CPE)range: < 1:20.11.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35
- (no CPE)range: < 1:20.11.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3731+490e3ce5
- (no CPE)range: < 2021.06-4.module_el8.9.0+3684+11b9e959
- (no CPE)range: < 2021.06-4.module_el8.9.0+3684+11b9e959
- (no CPE)range: < 1:10.2.4-1.20.11.1.1.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35
- (no CPE)range: < 20.11.1-150500.11.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20.11.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 21.6.2-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20.11.1-150500.11.6.1
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