Vulnerability in Nodejs Node
CVE-2024-21896
The permission model protects itself against path traversal attacks by calling path.resolve() on any paths given by the user. If the path is to be treated as a Buffer, the implementation uses Buffer.from() to obtain a Buffer from the resul…
EPSS: 0.013 (66.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Nodejs Node — versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0
- Nodejs Node.js
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- support@hackerone.com (Issue Tracking)
- support@hackerone.com (Third Party Advisory)
- support@hackerone.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-21896?
- CVE-2024-21896 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node, classified under CWE-27. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-02-20.
- How severe is CVE-2024-21896?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-21896 known to be exploited?
- 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.