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.

Severity (CVSS 3.0)5.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 38.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

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

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8nodejs1:20.11.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35ALSA-2024:1687
AlmaLinux:9nodejs1:20.11.1-1.module_el9.3.0+88+29afeaa2ALSA-2024:1688
AlmaLinux:8nodejs-devel1:20.11.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35ALSA-2024:1687
AlmaLinux:9nodejs-devel1:20.11.1-1.module_el9.3.0+88+29afeaa2ALSA-2024:1688
AlmaLinux:8nodejs-docs1:20.11.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35ALSA-2024:1687
AlmaLinux:9nodejs-docs1:20.11.1-1.module_el9.3.0+88+29afeaa2ALSA-2024:1688
AlmaLinux:8nodejs-full-i18n1:20.11.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35ALSA-2024:1687
AlmaLinux:9nodejs-full-i18n1:20.11.1-1.module_el9.3.0+88+29afeaa2ALSA-2024:1688
AlmaLinux:8nodejs-nodemon3.0.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3731+490e3ce5ALSA-2024:1687
AlmaLinux:9nodejs-nodemon3.0.1-1.module_el9.3.0+47+c33bc288ALSA-2024:1688
AlmaLinux:8nodejs-packaging2021.06-4.module_el8.9.0+3684+11b9e959ALSA-2024:1687
AlmaLinux:9nodejs-packaging2021.06-4.module_el9.3.0+48+1cf146a1ALSA-2024:1688
AlmaLinux:8nodejs-packaging-bundler2021.06-4.module_el8.9.0+3684+11b9e959ALSA-2024:1687
AlmaLinux:9nodejs-packaging-bundler2021.06-4.module_el9.3.0+48+1cf146a1ALSA-2024:1688
AlmaLinux:8npm1:10.2.4-1.20.11.1.1.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35ALSA-2024:1687
AlmaLinux:9npm1:10.2.4-1.20.11.1.1.module_el9.3.0+88+29afeaa2ALSA-2024:1688
Rocky Linux:8nodejs1:20.11.1-1.module+el8.9.0+1776+addd4aecRLSA-2024:1687
Rocky Linux:8nodejs-nodemon0:3.0.1-1.module+el8.8.0+1459+02651ab6RLSA-2024:1687
Rocky Linux:9nodejs-nodemon0:3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32045+2e5d342dRLSA-2024:1688
Rocky Linux:9nodejs-nodemon0:3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32185+bd121a25RLSA-2024:1688
Rocky Linux:9nodejs-nodemon0:3.0.1-1.module+el9.5.0+31770+0da7192dRLSA-2024:1688
Rocky Linux:9nodejs-nodemon0:3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32322+a8b1fd01RLSA-2024:1688
Rocky Linux:9nodejs-nodemon0:3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32143+ae966e5bRLSA-2024:1688
Rocky Linux:9nodejs-nodemon0:3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32144+1d29a396RLSA-2024:1688
Rocky Linux:8nodejs-packaging0:2021.06-4.module+el8.7.0+1072+5b168780RLSA-2024:1687
Rocky Linux:9nodejs-packaging0:2021.06-4.module+el9.6.0+32045+2e5d342dRLSA-2024:1688
Rocky Linux:9nodejs-packaging0:2021.06-4.module+el9.5.0+31770+0da7192dRLSA-2024:1688
Rocky Linux:9nodejs-packaging0:2021.06-4.module+el9.6.0+32048+5323bb50RLSA-2024:1688
Rocky Linux:9nodejs-packaging0:2021.06-4.module+el9.6.0+32143+ae966e5bRLSA-2024:1688
Rocky Linux:9nodejs-packaging0:2021.06-4.module+el9.6.0+32144+1d29a396RLSA-2024:1688
Rocky Linux:9nodejs-packaging0:2021.06-4.module+el9.6.0+32185+bd121a25RLSA-2024:1688
Rocky Linux:9nodejs-packaging0:2021.06-4.module+el9.6.0+32322+a8b1fd01RLSA-2024:1688
Ubuntu:25.10nodejsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-21890
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSnodejsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-21890
Ubuntu:26.10nodejsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-21890

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
NodeJS Node 4.0 – before 4.*5.0 – before 5.*6.0 – before 6.*7.0 – before 7.*8.0 – before 8.*9.0 – before 9.*10.0 – before 10.*11.0 – before 11.*

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