nodejs — security advisory

{
  "id": "158e2187e6ac61883839f14b1eaf8f54ccdc64b6b348cb408d0fa96fd235c62f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21890",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21890",
    "summary": "The Node.js Permission Model does not clarify in the documentation that wildcards should be only used as the last character of a file path. For example: ``` --allow-fs-read=/home/node/.ssh/*.pub ``` will ignore `pub` and give access to everything after `.ssh/`. This misleading documentation affects all users using the experimental permission model in Node.js 20 and Node.js 21. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js.",
    "evidence": "osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21890",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "nodejs",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "20.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "20.19.2+dfsg-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "20.19.4+dfsg-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "nodejs",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "22.22.1+dfsg+~cs22.19.15-1ubuntu1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "24.16.0+dfsg+~cs24.13.1-2ubuntu1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "24.18.0+dfsg+~cs24.13.2-1ubuntu1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "24.19.0+dfsg+~cs24.13.3-1ubuntu1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "nodejs",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "20.19.4+dfsg-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "20.19.5+dfsg+~cs20.19.12-4",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "22.21.1+dfsg+~cs22.19.0-6ubuntu4",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "22.22.0+dfsg+~cs22.19.6-1ubuntu2",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "22.22.0+dfsg+~cs22.19.13-2ubuntu1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "22.22.1+dfsg+~cs22.19.15-1ubuntu1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/versions"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21890",
      "aliases": [
        "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21890"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        },
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        },
        {
          "type": "Ubuntu",
          "score": "medium"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "nodejs",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs?arch=source&distro=questing",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "20.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2",
            "20.19.2+dfsg-1",
            "20.19.4+dfsg-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21890.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "libnode115",
                "binary_version": "20.19.4+dfsg-1"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "nodejs",
                "binary_version": "20.19.4+dfsg-1"
              }
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          }
        },
        {
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                {
                  "introduced": "0"
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              ]
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "nodejs",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs?arch=source&distro=stonking",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "22.22.1+dfsg+~cs22.19.15-1ubuntu1",
            "24.16.0+dfsg+~cs24.13.1-2ubuntu1",
            "24.18.0+dfsg+~cs24.13.2-1ubuntu1",
            "24.19.0+dfsg+~cs24.13.3-1ubuntu1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21890.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "libnode137",
                "binary_version": "24.19.0+dfsg+~cs24.13.3-1ubuntu1"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "nodejs",
                "binary_version": "24.19.0+dfsg+~cs24.13.3-1ubuntu1"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
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                {
                  "introduced": "0"
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              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "nodejs",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs?arch=source&distro=resolute",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS"
          },
          "versions": [
            "20.19.4+dfsg-1",
            "20.19.5+dfsg+~cs20.19.12-4",
            "22.21.1+dfsg+~cs22.19.0-6ubuntu4",
            "22.22.0+dfsg+~cs22.19.6-1ubuntu2",
            "22.22.0+dfsg+~cs22.19.13-2ubuntu1",
            "22.22.1+dfsg+~cs22.19.15-1ubuntu1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21890.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "libnode127",
                "binary_version": "22.22.1+dfsg+~cs22.19.15-1ubuntu1"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "nodejs",
                "binary_version": "22.22.1+dfsg+~cs22.19.15-1ubuntu1"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T12:56:29.649426739Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2024-21890"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-21890",
        "https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2024-security-releases/#improper-handling-of-wildcards-in---allow-fs-read-and---allow-fs-write-cve-2024-21890---medium",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21890",
        "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/11/1"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2024-21890",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/1/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 355736,
  "published_at": "2024-02-20T02:15:00+00:00"
}