CVE-2024-36138 Affecting nodejs18-devel package, versions <18.20.4-150400.9.24.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-NODEJS18DEVEL-7537062
  • published18 Jul 2024
  • disclosed17 Jul 2024

Introduced: 17 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-36138  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 nodejs18-devel to version 18.20.4-150400.9.24.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs18-devel package and not the nodejs18-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

Bypass incomplete fix of CVE-2024-27980, that arises from improper handling of batch files with all possible extensions on Windows via child_process.spawn / child_process.spawnSync. A malicious command line argument can inject arbitrary commands and achieve code execution even if the shell option is not enabled.