UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36137

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-36137
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36137.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36137
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:58:13Z
Published
2024-09-07T16:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:47:19.978819Z
Severity
  • 3.3 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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 do 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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:25.04 / nodejs

Package

Name
nodejs
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs@20.16.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20.16.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

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        },
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            "binary_version": "20.16.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nodejs",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nodejs-dbgsym",
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        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nodejs-doc",
            "binary_version": "20.16.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}