CVE-2024-21890

Public on 2024-02-16
Modified on 2024-02-16
Description
The Node.js Permission Model does not clarify in the documentation that wildcards should be only used as the last character of a file path.
This misleading documentation affects all users using the experimental permission model in active release lines: 20.x and 21.x.
Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.7
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2023 nodejs Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 nodejs20 2024-02-29 ALAS2023-2024-544 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 5.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N