CVE-2024-36138 Affecting nodejs-16 package, versions <16.20.2-r16


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.1% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-NODEJS16-15404847
  • published5 Mar 2026
  • disclosed7 Sept 2024

Introduced: 7 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-36138  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi nodejs-16 to version 16.20.2-r16 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-16 package and not the nodejs-16 package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi 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.