Authorization Bypass Affecting nodejs package, versions [,20.16.0)
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- published9 Jul 2025
- disclosed9 Jul 2024
- credit4xpl0r3r
Introduced: 9 Jul 2024
CVE-2024-36137 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade nodejs to version 20.16.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass via fs.fchown or fs.fchmod operations which can use a "read-only" file descriptor to change the owner and permissions of a file.
Note: This is only exploitable for users using the experimental permission when the --allow-fs-write flag is used