CVE-2024-36137 Affecting npm package, versions <1:10.8.1-1.20.16.0.1.module+el8.10.0+90391+162fb07b


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-NPM-7833804
  • published 27 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 7 Sep 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 npm to version 1:10.8.1-1.20.16.0.1.module+el8.10.0+90391+162fb07b or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-5814.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream npm package and not the npm package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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SUSE

3.9 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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Red Hat

3.9 low