node — security advisory

{
  "id": "e04ba6d734c5e753dc2be7624508d29ef4c072fada51392aacf739f0005d7479",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-node-2021-22921",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "BIT-node-2021-22921",
    "summary": "Node.js before 16.4.1, 14.17.2, and 12.22.2 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation attacks under certain conditions on Windows platforms. More specifically, improper configuration of permissions in the installation directory allows an attacker to perform two different escalation attacks: PATH and DLL hijacking.",
    "evidence": "osv:BIT-node-2021-22921",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "node",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "12.22.2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "14.17.2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "16.4.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "BIT-node-2021-22921",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-node-2021-22921",
        "BIT-node-min-2021-22921",
        "CVE-2021-22921"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "SEMVER",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "12.0.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "12.22.2"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "14.0.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "14.17.2"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "16.0.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "16.4.1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "node",
            "purl": "pkg:bitnami/node",
            "ecosystem": "Bitnami"
          },
          "severity": [
            {
              "type": "CVSS_V3",
              "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/node/BIT-node-2021-22921.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-16T09:45:31.316718431Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/1211160",
        "https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2021-security-releases/",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0003/",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22921"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cpes": [
          "cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
        ],
        "severity": "High"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-22921",
        "evidence": "/aliases"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 338486,
  "published_at": "2024-03-06T11:06:44.883+00:00"
}