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Privilege Context Switching Error Affecting node package, versions [20.0.0,20.11.1) [21.0.0,21.6.2)

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (9th percentile)
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Red Hat
7.3 high
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SUSE
8.4 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UPSTREAM-NODE-6252335
  • published 18 Feb 2024
  • disclosed 16 Feb 2024
  • credit valette
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Introduced: 16 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-22017 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-270 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade node to version 20.11.1, 21.6.2 or higher.

Overview

node is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Context Switching Error in libuv's handling of io_uring operations called before calling setuid(). This allows users to elevate privileges.