Security advisory

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  "id": "c706b687c316957e4a3b5b59da0fea0426f5498179a68fd59aa6c5cdf62061b5",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22921",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-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:CVE-2021-22921",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-22921",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-node-2021-22921",
        "BIT-node-min-2021-22921",
        "CVE-2021-22921"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/nodejs/node",
              "type": "GIT",
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                {
                  "fixed": "4f0a4bf82e2100a5ababc2ab2032fa807dc338e9"
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "12.0.0"
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v14.17.1",
            "v16.3.0",
            "v16.2.0",
            "v14.17.0",
            "v16.1.0",
            "v16.0.0",
            "v14.16.1",
            "v12.22.1",
            "v12.22.0",
            "v14.16.0",
            "v12.21.0",
            "v12.20.2",
            "v14.15.5",
            "v14.15.4",
            "v12.20.1",
            "v14.15.3",
            "v14.15.2",
            "v12.20.0",
            "v12.19.1",
            "v14.15.1",
            "v14.15.0",
            "v14.14.0",
            "v14.13.1",
            "v12.19.0",
            "v14.13.0",
            "v14.12.0",
            "v12.18.4",
            "v14.11.0",
            "v14.10.1",
            "v14.10.0",
            "v14.9.0",
            "v14.8.0",
            "v14.7.0",
            "v12.18.3",
            "v14.6.0",
            "v14.5.0",
            "v12.18.2",
            "v12.18.1",
            "v12.18.0",
            "v14.4.0",
            "v12.17.0",
            "v14.3.0",
            "v14.2.0",
            "v14.1.0",
            "v12.16.3",
            "v14.0.0",
            "v12.16.2",
            "v12.16.1",
            "v12.16.0",
            "v12.15.0",
            "v12.14.1",
            "v12.14.0",
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            "v12.12.0",
            "v12.11.1",
            "v12.11.0",
            "v12.10.0",
            "v12.9.1",
            "v12.9.0",
            "v12.8.1",
            "v12.8.0",
            "v12.7.0",
            "v12.6.0",
            "v12.5.0",
            "v12.4.0",
            "v12.3.1",
            "v12.3.0",
            "v12.2.0",
            "v12.1.0",
            "v12.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-22921.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:59.052189820Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0003/",
        "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf",
        "https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2021-security-releases/",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/1211160"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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              "cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_infrastructure_network_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "siemens:sinec_infrastructure_network_services",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
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                    "fixed": "1.0.1.1"
                  }
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              }
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      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2021-22921",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439215,
  "published_at": "2021-07-12T11:15:08.017+00:00"
}