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CVE-2024-22017

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-250

Description

setuid() does not affect libuv's internal io_uring operations if initialized before the call to setuid(). This allows the process to perform privileged operations despite presumably having dropped such privileges through a call to setuid(). This vulnerability affects all users using version greater or equal than Node.js 18.18.0, Node.js 20.4.0 and Node.js 21.

Affected products

• nodejs: from 18.0.0 before 18.18.0; from 20.0.0 before 20.4.0; from 21.0.0 before 21.6.1 — fixed in 18.18.0, 20.4.0, 21.6.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: nodejs 18.18.0, 20.4.0, 21.6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/11/1
• https://hackerone.com/reports/2170226
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240517-0007/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/11/1
• https://hackerone.com/reports/2170226
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240517-0007/

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