Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') Affecting nodejs/node package, versions [,18.20.4)[20.0.0,20.15.1)[22.0.0,22.4.1)
Threat Intelligence
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- published9 Jul 2025
- disclosed9 Jul 2024
- creditTianst
Introduced: 9 Jul 2024
CVE-2024-36138 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade nodejs/node to version 18.20.4, 20.15.1, 22.4.1 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection'). This is due to a bypass of CVE-2024-27980.
A malicious command line argument can inject arbitrary commands and achieve code execution even if the shell option is not enabled.
Note: This vulnerability affects only users of child_process.spawn and child_process.spawnSync on Windows in all active release lines.