CVE-2024-22018

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Node.js, affecting users of the experimental permission model when the --allow-fs-read flag is used. This flaw arises from an inadequate permission model that fails to restrict file stats through the fs.lstat API. As a result, malicious actors can retrieve stats from files that they do not have explicit read access to. 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.

How to fix CVE-2024-22018

To remediate CVE-2024-22018, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 20.15.1-r0 or later
• —upgrade to 20.15.1 or later
• —upgrade to 20.18.1 or later
• —upgrade to 20.15.1+dfsg-1 or later

Is CVE-2024-22018 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (4)

• from 0, < 20.15.1-r0
• >= 20.0.0, < 20.15.1, >= 21.0.0, < 22.4.1
• >= 20.0.0, < 20.18.1, >= 21.0.0, < 22.12.0
• from 0, < 20.15.1+dfsg-1

CVSS scores

References (9)

• ADVISORYsecurity.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-22018
• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-22018
• WEBgithub.com/nodejs/node/releases/tag/v20.15.1
• WEBgithub.com/nodejs/node/releases/tag/v22.4.1
• WEB