Privilege Context Switching Error Affecting node package, versions [20.0.0,20.11.1) [21.0.0,21.6.2)
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (8th
percentile)
Do your applications use this vulnerable package?
In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.
Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UPSTREAM-NODE-6252335
- published 18 Feb 2024
- disclosed 16 Feb 2024
- credit valette
Introduced: 16 Feb 2024
CVE-2024-22017 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade node to version 20.11.1, 21.6.2 or higher.
Overview
node is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Context Switching Error in libuv's handling of io_uring operations called before calling setuid(). This allows users to elevate privileges.
References
CVSS Scores
version 3.1