CVE-2024-37372

Public on 2024-07-09
Modified on 2024-07-09
Description
The Permission Model assumes that any path starting with two backslashes \ has a four-character prefix that can be ignored, which is not always true. This subtle bug leads to vulnerable edge cases.

This vulnerability affects Windows users of the Node.js Permission Model in version v22.x and v20.x
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.2
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2023 nodejs Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 nodejs20 Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N