CVE-2024-21891
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2024-02-20
- Fixed in21.6.2 · 20.11.1
- WeaknessCWE-22
Am I affected?
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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.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2024-02-2002:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-21891?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-21891?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD · OSV · CISA-ADP| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21.x | ≥ 21.0.0, < 21.6.2 | 21.6.2 | NVD · OSV |
| 20.x | ≥ 20.0.0, < 20.11.1 | 20.11.1 | NVD · OSV |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21.6 | = 21.6.0 | no fix published | CISA-ADP |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Packages
- nodejsAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 1:20.11.1-1.module_el9.3.0+88+29afeaa2and 3 other packages
- nodejsAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 1:20.11.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35and 3 other packages
- nodejs-nodemonAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 3.0.1-1.module_el9.3.0+47+c33bc288
- nodejs-nodemonAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 3.0.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3731+490e3ce5
- nodejs-packagingAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 2021.06-4.module_el9.3.0+48+1cf146a1and 1 other package
- nodejs-packagingAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 2021.06-4.module_el8.9.0+3684+11b9e959and 1 other package
- npmAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 1:10.2.4-1.20.11.1.1.module_el9.3.0+88+29afeaa2
- npmAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 1:10.2.4-1.20.11.1.1.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35
Fix
- Update Node.js to 21.6.2 · 20.11.1
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2024-02-20
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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