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Fencer Vulns
low 3.3

CVE-2024-36137 json

A vulnerability has been identified in Node.js, affecting users of the experimental permission model when the --allow-fs-write flag is used.

published 2024-09-07 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also BIT-node-2024-36137 , BIT-node-min-2024-36137 , EUVD-2024-36333

cvss
3.3
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

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 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.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami node 20.15.1, 22.4.1
  • bitnami node-min 20.18.1, 22.12.0
  • NodeJS Node 20.15.1, 22.4.1
  • nodejs Debian 14, Debian 13 20.15.1+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36137

  • npm RHEL 8 1:10.8.1-1.20.16.0.1.module+el8.10.0+22203+a88c8310
  • nodejs RHEL 8 1:20.16.0-1.module+el8.10.0+22203+a88c8310
  • nodejs-nodemon RHEL 8 3.0.1-1.module+el8.9.0+20473+c4e3d824
  • nodejs-full-i18n RHEL 8 1:20.16.0-1.module+el8.10.0+22203+a88c8310
  • nodejs-packaging RHEL 8 2021.06-4.module+el8.9.0+19519+e25b965a
  • nodejs-packaging-bundler RHEL 8 2021.06-4.module+el8.9.0+19519+e25b965a
  • npm RHEL 9 1:10.8.1-1.20.16.0.1.module+el9.4.0+22197+9e60f127
  • nodejs RHEL 9 1:20.16.0-1.module+el9.4.0+22197+9e60f127

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:5814RHSA-2024:5815

  • nodejs20 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 20.15.1-150600.3.3.2
  • nodejs20 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 20.15.1-150500.11.12.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:2574-1SUSE-SU-2024:2543-1

  • nodejs26 openSUSE Tumbleweed 26.3.1-1.1
  • nodejs24 openSUSE Tumbleweed 24.11.1-2.1
  • nodejs22 openSUSE Tumbleweed 22.10.0-1.1
  • nodejs20 openSUSE Tumbleweed 20.15.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11110-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15802-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14435-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14214-1

  • npm AlmaLinux 8 1:10.8.1-1.20.16.0.1.module_el8.10.0+3882+e12e42db
  • nodejs AlmaLinux 8 1:20.16.0-1.module_el8.10.0+3882+e12e42db
  • nodejs-nodemon AlmaLinux 8 3.0.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3731+490e3ce5
  • nodejs-full-i18n AlmaLinux 8 1:20.16.0-1.module_el8.10.0+3882+e12e42db
  • nodejs-packaging AlmaLinux 8 2021.06-4.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35
  • nodejs-packaging-bundler AlmaLinux 8 2021.06-4.module_el8.9.0+3775+d8460d35
  • npm AlmaLinux 9 1:10.8.1-1.20.16.0.1.module_el9.4.0+107+dbd477e4
  • nodejs AlmaLinux 9 1:20.16.0-1.module_el9.4.0+107+dbd477e4

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:5814ALSA-2024:5815

  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 9 3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32322+a8b1fd01
  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 9 3.0.1-1.module+el9.5.0+31770+0da7192d
  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 9 3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32045+2e5d342d
  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 9 3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32143+ae966e5b
  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 9 3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32144+1d29a396
  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 9 3.0.1-1.module+el9.6.0+32185+bd121a25
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 9 2021.06-4.module+el9.5.0+31770+0da7192d
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 9 2021.06-4.module+el9.6.0+32045+2e5d342d

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2024:5815RLSA-2024:5814

  • nodejs Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +3 more 20.15.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2024-36137

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 24.14.1-3

azure linux advisories AZL-48849

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-2024-36137 updated cvss 3.9

nodejs: fs.fchown/fchmod bypasses permission model

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 nodejs20
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) nodejs 20.16.0-1.module+el8.10.0+22203+a88c8310, nodejs-nodemon 3.0.1-1.module+el8.9.0+20473+c4e3d824, npm 10.8.1-1.20.16.0.1.module+el8.10.0+22203+a88c8310, nodejs-packaging 2021.06-4.module+el8.9.0+19519+e25b965a, nodejs-full-i18n 20.16.0-1.module+el8.10.0+22203+a88c8310, nodejs-packaging-bundler 2021.06-4.module+el8.9.0+19519+e25b965a
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5814
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) nodejs 20.16.0-1.module+el9.4.0+22197+9e60f127, npm 10.8.1-1.20.16.0.1.module+el9.4.0+22197+9e60f127, nodejs-nodemon 3.0.1-1.module+el9.3.0.z+20478+84a9f781, nodejs-full-i18n 20.16.0-1.module+el9.4.0+22197+9e60f127, nodejs-packaging 2021.06-4.module+el9.3.0+19518+63aad52d, nodejs-packaging-bundler 2021.06-4.module+el9.3.0+19518+63aad52d
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5815
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 npm, nodejs, nodejs-libs, nodejs-nodemon, nodejs-full-i18n, nodejs-packaging, +1 more
    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
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
OSV 3.0 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami node
>=20.0.0, <20.15.1
>=21.0.0, <22.4.1
20.15.1
22.4.1
bitnami node-min
>=20.0.0, <20.18.1
>=21.0.0, <22.12.0
20.18.1
22.12.0

Affected products

  • NodeJS Node

Classification

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.