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CVE-2021-22940
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 13.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2021-08-16 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-416
Description
Node.js before 16.6.1, 14.17.5, and 12.22.5 is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit the memory corruption, to change process behavior.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 10.0
- NetApp Nextgen Api: all versions
- Node.js: from 12.0.0 before 12.22.5; from 14.0.0 before 14.17.5; from 16.0.0 before 16.6.2 — fixed in 12.22.5, 14.17.5, 16.6.2
- Oracle Corporation GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.3, 21.2.0
- Oracle Corporation JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools: through 9.2.6.1
- Oracle Corporation PeopleSoft Enterprise PT PeopleTools: 8.57, 8.58, 8.59
- Siemens Sinec Infrastructure Network Services: before 1.0.1.1 — fixed in 1.0.1.1
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Node.js 12.22.5, 14.17.5, 16.6.2; Siemens Sinec Infrastructure Network Services 1.0.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1238162
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00006.html
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/aug-2021-security-releases/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-02
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210923-0001/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1238162
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00006.html
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