CVE-2025-55132 Affecting nodejs-docs package, versions <1:20.20.0-1.module+el8.10.0+40077+29236b21


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-NODEJSDOCS-15267552
  • published12 Feb 2026
  • disclosed20 Jan 2026

Introduced: 20 Jan 2026

NewCVE-2025-55132  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 nodejs-docs to version 1:20.20.0-1.module+el8.10.0+40077+29236b21 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2026:2422.

NVD Description

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

A flaw in Node.js's permission model allows a file's access and modification timestamps to be changed via futimes() even when the process has only read permissions. Unlike utimes(), futimes() does not apply the expected write-permission checks, which means file metadata can be modified in read-only directories. This behavior could be used to alter timestamps in ways that obscure activity, reducing the reliability of logs. This vulnerability affects users of the permission model on Node.js v20, v22, v24, and v25.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1