Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting nodejs20 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-NODEJS20-10639507
  • published6 Jul 2025
  • disclosed8 Jul 2024

Introduced: 8 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-36137  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 nodejs20.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs20 package and not the nodejs20 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 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 Base Scores

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