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TI-2024-23962 Aliases CVE-2024-36137GHSA-q793-mj5v-wh68

A vulnerability has been identified in Node.js, affecting users of the experimental…

Priority LOW 16Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in Node.js, affecting users of the experimental permission model when the --allow-fs-write flag is used. Node.js Permission Model do not operate on file descriptors, however, operations such as fs.fchown or fs.fchmod can use a "read-only" file descriptor to change the owner and permissions of a file.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00395 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Node (NodeJS): 20.15.1, 22.4.1Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
NodeJSNode4.0 and later; 5.0 and later; 6.0 and later; 7.0 and later; 8.0 and later; 9.0 and later; 10.0 and later; 11.0 and later; 12.0 and later; 13.0 and later; 14.0 and later; 15.0 and later; 16.0 and later; 17.0 and later; 19.0 and later; 20.0 to before 20.15.1; 21.0 and later; 22.0 to before 22.4.120.15.1, 22.4.1Patch availableCNA
  • Node VendorNodeJS Affected 4.0 and later; 5.0 and later; 6.0 and later; 7.0 and later; 8.0 and later; 9.0 and later; 10.0 and later; 11.0 and later; 12.0 and later; 13.0 and later; 14.0 and later; 15.0 and later; 16.0 and later; 17.0 and later; 19.0 and later; 20.0 to before 20.15.1; 21.0 and later; 22.0 to before 22.4.1 Fixed in 20.15.1, 22.4.1 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——NodeJS
  • cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·NodeJS

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Node (NodeJS) Fixed in 20.15.1, 22.4.1

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2024:5814 Released 2024-08-26 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    nodejs:20 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) nodejs-1:20.16.0-1.module+el8.10.0+22203+a88c8310.aarch64::nodejs:20, nodejs-1:20.16.0-1.module+el8.10.0+22203+a88c8310.ppc64le::nodejs:20, nodejs-1:20.16.0-1.module+el8.10.0+22203+a88c8310.s390x::nodejs:20 +20
  • RHSA-2024:5815 Released 2024-08-26 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    nodejs:20 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) nodejs-1:20.16.0-1.module+el9.4.0+22197+9e60f127.aarch64::nodejs:20, nodejs-1:20.16.0-1.module+el9.4.0+22197+9e60f127.ppc64le::nodejs:20, nodejs-1:20.16.0-1.module+el9.4.0+22197+9e60f127.s390x::nodejs:20 +20

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2024:5814
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:5815
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-36137
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q793-mj5v-wh68

References

Other 1

  • TI-2026-79288 Out-of-bounds write in Google Brotli decoder KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-18584 Race condition in NodeJS Node CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2016-01993 The DES and Triple DES ciphers, as used in the TLS, SSH, and IPSec protocols and other… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-03325 Command injection vulnerability in programing languages on Microsoft Windows operating system. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-03472 X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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