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ALPINE-CVE-2026-21716

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

An incomplete fix for CVE-2024-36137 leaves `FileHandle.chmod()` and `FileHandle.chown()` in the promises API without the required permission checks, while their callback-based equivalents (`fs.fchmod()`, `fs.fchown()`) were correctly patched. As a result, code running under `--permission` with restricted `--allow-fs-write` can still use promise-based `FileHandle` methods to modify file permissions and ownership on already-open file descriptors, bypassing the intended write restrictions. This vulnerability affects **20.x, 22.x, 24.x, and 25.x** processes using the Permission Model where `--allow-fs-write` is intentionally restricted.

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ALPINE-CVE-2026-21716

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Security context

Source reference: osv:ALPINE-CVE-2026-21716

nodejs

Source reference: /affected/0/package/name

Affected versions
Not stated in this record
Fixed versions
22.22.2-r0

Source reference: /affected/0/ranges

Prerequisites
Not stated in this record

nodejs

Source reference: /affected/1/package/name

Affected versions
Not stated in this record
Fixed versions
22.22.2-r0

Source reference: /affected/1/ranges

Prerequisites
Not stated in this record

nodejs

Source reference: /affected/2/package/name

Affected versions
Not stated in this record
Fixed versions
24.14.1-r0

Source reference: /affected/2/ranges

Prerequisites
Not stated in this record

nodejs

Source reference: /affected/3/package/name

Affected versions
Not stated in this record
Fixed versions
24.14.1-r0

Source reference: /affected/3/ranges

Prerequisites
Not stated in this record

Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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