What is CVE-2024-36137?

CVE-2024-36137 is a low-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2024-09-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-36137?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-36137 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Nodejs Node

CVE-2024-36137

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (32.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Nodejs Node — versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-36137?: CVE-2024-36137 is a low-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2024-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-36137?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-36137 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.