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Fencer Vulns
low 2.8

CVE-2025-55132 json

A flaw in Node.js's permission model allows a file's access and modification timestamps to be changed via `futimes()` even when the process…

published 2026-01-20 9 mo ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-node-2025-55132 , BIT-node-min-2025-55132 , EUVD-2026-3325

cvss
2.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw in Node.js's permission model allows a file's access and modification timestamps to be changed via `futimes()` even when the process has only read permissions. Unlike `utimes()`, `futimes()` does not apply the expected write-permission checks, which means file metadata can be modified in read-only directories. This behavior could be used to alter timestamps in ways that obscure activity, reducing the reliability of logs. This vulnerability affects users of the permission model on Node.js v20, v22, v24, and v25.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami node 20.20.0, 22.22.0, 24.13.0, 25.3.0
  • bitnami node-min 20.20.0, 22.22.0, 24.13.0, 25.3.0
  • nodejs node.js 20.20.0, 22.22.0, 24.13.0, 25.3.0
  • nodejs Debian 13 20.19.2+dfsg-1+deb13u1
  • nodejs Debian 14 22.22.0+dfsg+~cs22.19.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-55132

  • nodejs24 hummingbird 1 24.14.1-4.1.hum1
  • nodejs24-bin hummingbird 1 24.14.1-4.1.hum1
  • nodejs24-npm hummingbird 1 11.11.0-1.24.14.1.4.1.hum1
  • nodejs24-libs hummingbird 1 24.14.1-4.1.hum1
  • nodejs24-npm-bin hummingbird 1 24.14.1-4.1.hum1
  • nodejs24-full-i18n hummingbird 1 24.14.1-4.1.hum1
  • nodejs20 hummingbird 1 20.20.0-7.1.hum1
  • nodejs20-bin hummingbird 1 20.20.0-7.1.hum1

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:7657RHSA-2026:7386RHSA-2026:7387RHSA-2026:7378RHSA-2026:6431RHSA-2026:6402

  • nodejs22 SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 22.22.0-160000.1.1
  • nodejs20 SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS +1 more 20.20.0-150500.11.24.1
  • nodejs20 SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS, openSUSE Leap 15.6 20.20.0-150600.3.15.1
  • nodejs22 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP7 22.22.0-150700.3.6.1
  • nodejs22 SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS, openSUSE Leap 15.6 22.22.0-150600.13.12.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:20436-1SUSE-SU-2026:0457-1SUSE-SU-2026:0435-1SUSE-SU-2026:0301-1SUSE-SU-2026:0295-1

  • nodejs26 openSUSE Tumbleweed 26.3.1-1.1
  • nodejs22 openSUSE Leap 16.0 22.22.0-160000.1.1
  • nodejs22 openSUSE Tumbleweed 22.22.0-1.1
  • nodejs24 openSUSE Tumbleweed 24.13.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11110-1openSUSE-SU-2026:20236-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10074-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10062-1

  • npm AlmaLinux 9 1:11.6.2-1.24.13.0.1.module_el9.7.0+209+ecf6523e
  • nodejs AlmaLinux 9 1:24.13.0-1.module_el9.7.0+209+ecf6523e
  • nodejs-libs AlmaLinux 9 1:24.13.0-1.module_el9.7.0+209+ecf6523e
  • nodejs-nodemon AlmaLinux 9 3.0.3-3.module_el9.7.0+209+ecf6523e
  • nodejs-full-i18n AlmaLinux 9 1:24.13.0-1.module_el9.7.0+209+ecf6523e
  • nodejs-packaging AlmaLinux 9 2021.06-6.module_el9.7.0+209+ecf6523e
  • nodejs-packaging-bundler AlmaLinux 9 2021.06-6.module_el9.7.0+198+8bf605ba
  • npm AlmaLinux 9 1:10.9.4-1.22.22.0.1.module_el9.7.0+208+fb06c0ab

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:2781ALSA-2026:2782ALSA-2026:2783ALSA-2026:2420ALSA-2026:2421ALSA-2026:2422

  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 9 3.0.3-3.module+el9.7.0+40025+0e0cf6b2
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 9 2021.06-6.module+el9.7.0+40052+e32ea525
  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 9 3.0.1-1.module+el9.7.0+40017+f0db1785
  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 9 3.0.1-1.module+el9.7.0+40022+9ecc286c
  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 9 3.0.1-1.module+el9.7.0+40018+a011993d
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 9 2021.06-5.module+el9.7.0+40050+22a42328
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 9 2021.06-5.module+el9.7.0+40051+f2ef3f49
  • nodejs Rocky Linux 8 1:24.13.0-0.module+el8.10.0+40079+1d83e08b

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:2781RLSA-2026:2782RLSA-2026:2783RLSA-2026:2420RLSA-2026:2421RLSA-2026:2422

  • nodejs Alpine 3.21 22.22.2-r0
  • nodejs Alpine 3.22 22.22.0-r0
  • nodejs Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 24.13.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2025-55132

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • nodejs Azure Linux 3.0 20.14.0-13

azure linux advisories AZL-74982

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-55132 updated cvss 5.3

nodejs: Nodejs filesystem permissions bypass

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) nodejs 20.20.0-1.module+el8.10.0+23905+c49b2aec, nodejs 22.22.0-1.module+el8.10.0+23904+2c92f862, nodejs 24.13.0-0.module+el8.10.0+23888+24fa7806, nodejs-libs 22.22.0-1.module+el8.10.0+23904+2c92f862, nodejs-libs 24.13.0-0.module+el8.10.0+23888+24fa7806, nodejs-nodemon 3.0.1-1.module+el8.10.0+23474+222d264a, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:2422
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) nodejs 20.20.0-1.module+el9.7.0+23895+0637d423, nodejs 22.22.0-1.module+el9.7.0+23896+b5802de9, nodejs 24.13.0-1.module+el9.7.0+23894+c8377628, nodejs-libs 22.22.0-1.module+el9.7.0+23896+b5802de9, nodejs-libs 24.13.0-1.module+el9.7.0+23894+c8377628, nodejs-nodemon 3.0.1-1.module+el9.7.0+23895+0637d423, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:2783
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) nodejs 22.22.0-3.el10_1, nodejs22 22.22.0-3.el10_1, nodejs24 24.13.0-1.el10_1, nodejs-libs 22.22.0-3.el10_1, nodejs24-libs 24.13.0-1.el10_1, nodejs-full-i18n 22.22.0-3.el10_1, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:1843
  • Red Hat Hardened Images nodejs25 25.9.0-1.hum1, nodejs24 24.14.1-4.hum1, nodejs25 25.9.0-1.1.hum1, nodejs20 20.20.0-7.1.hum1, nodejs22 22.22.0-1.3.hum1, nodejs24 24.14.1-4.1.hum1, +30 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:7386
  • Red Hat Hardened Images v8-14.1-devel 14.1.146.11-1.25.9.0.1.hum1, v8-13.6-devel 13.6.233.17-1.24.14.1.4.hum1, v8-11.3-devel 11.3.244.8-1.20.20.0.7.1.hum1, v8-14.1-devel 14.1.146.11-1.25.9.0.1.1.hum1, v8-12.4-devel 12.4.254.21-1.22.22.0.1.3.hum1, v8-13.6-devel 13.6.233.17-1.24.14.1.4.1.hum1
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
9 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 2.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami node
>=20.0.0, <20.20.0
>=21.0.0, <22.22.0
>=23.0.0, <24.13.0
>=25.0.0, <25.3.0
20.20.0
22.22.0
24.13.0
25.3.0
bitnami node-min
>=20.0.0, <20.20.0
>=21.0.0, <22.22.0
>=23.0.0, <24.13.0
>=25.0.0, <25.3.0
20.20.0
22.22.0
24.13.0
25.3.0

Affected products

  • nodejs node

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.