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Incorrect Default Permissions

CVE-2024-36137

Severity Low
Score 3.3/10

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in Node.js, affecting users of the experimental permission model when the "--allow-fs-write" flag is used. Node.js Permission Model does not operate on file descriptors, however, operations such as "fs.fchown" or "fs.fchmod" can use a "read-only" file descriptor to change the owner and permissions of a file. This vulnerability affects nodejs package versions 20.0.0 through 20.15.0 and 22.0.0 through 22.4.0.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published