CVE-2025-55130 Affecting nodejs20 package, versions <20.20.0-150500.11.24.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.66% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-NODEJS20-15277732
  • published13 Feb 2026
  • disclosed11 Feb 2026

Introduced: 11 Feb 2026

CVE-2025-55130  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 nodejs20 to version 20.20.0-150500.11.24.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs20 package and not the nodejs20 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw in Node.js’s Permissions model allows attackers to bypass --allow-fs-read and --allow-fs-write restrictions using crafted relative symlink paths. By chaining directories and symlinks, a script granted access only to the current directory can escape the allowed path and read sensitive files. This breaks the expected isolation guarantees and enables arbitrary file read/write, leading to potential system compromise. This vulnerability affects users of the permission model on Node.js v20, v22, v24, and v25.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1