Vulnerability · Published Feb 20, 2024 · Assigned by hackerone
CVE-2024-21890
Medium 5.0
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Node from NodeJS. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 61% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs | 1:20.11.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35 | ALSA-2024:1687 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs | 1:20.11.1-1.module_el9.3.0+88+29afeaa2 | ALSA-2024:1688 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-devel | 1:20.11.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35 | ALSA-2024:1687 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-devel | 1:20.11.1-1.module_el9.3.0+88+29afeaa2 | ALSA-2024:1688 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-docs | 1:20.11.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35 | ALSA-2024:1687 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-docs | 1:20.11.1-1.module_el9.3.0+88+29afeaa2 | ALSA-2024:1688 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-full-i18n | 1:20.11.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35 | ALSA-2024:1687 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-full-i18n | 1:20.11.1-1.module_el9.3.0+88+29afeaa2 | ALSA-2024:1688 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 3.0.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3731+490e3ce5 | ALSA-2024:1687 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-nodemon | 3.0.1-1.module_el9.3.0+47+c33bc288 | ALSA-2024:1688 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 2021.06-4.module_el8.9.0+3684+11b9e959 | ALSA-2024:1687 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-packaging | 2021.06-4.module_el9.3.0+48+1cf146a1 | ALSA-2024:1688 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-packaging-bundler | 2021.06-4.module_el8.9.0+3684+11b9e959 | ALSA-2024:1687 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-packaging-bundler | 2021.06-4.module_el9.3.0+48+1cf146a1 | ALSA-2024:1688 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | npm | 1:10.2.4-1.20.11.1.1.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35 | ALSA-2024:1687 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | npm | 1:10.2.4-1.20.11.1.1.module_el9.3.0+88+29afeaa2 | ALSA-2024:1688 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs | 1:20.11.1-1.module+el8.9.0+1776+addd4aec | RLSA-2024:1687 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:3.0.1-1.module+el8.8.0+1459+02651ab6 | RLSA-2024:1687 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32045+2e5d342d | RLSA-2024:1688 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32185+bd121a25 | RLSA-2024:1688 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:3.0.1-1.module+el9.5.0+31770+0da7192d | RLSA-2024:1688 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32322+a8b1fd01 | RLSA-2024:1688 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32143+ae966e5b | RLSA-2024:1688 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32144+1d29a396 | RLSA-2024:1688 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:2021.06-4.module+el8.7.0+1072+5b168780 | RLSA-2024:1687 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-packaging | 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.6.0+32045+2e5d342d | RLSA-2024:1688 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-packaging | 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.5.0+31770+0da7192d | RLSA-2024:1688 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-packaging | 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.6.0+32048+5323bb50 | RLSA-2024:1688 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-packaging | 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.6.0+32143+ae966e5b | RLSA-2024:1688 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-packaging | 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.6.0+32144+1d29a396 | RLSA-2024:1688 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-packaging | 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.6.0+32185+bd121a25 | RLSA-2024:1688 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-packaging | 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.6.0+32322+a8b1fd01 | RLSA-2024:1688 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | nodejs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21890 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | nodejs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21890 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | nodejs | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21890 |