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CVE-2024-37372

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The Permission Model assumes that any path starting with two backslashes \ has a four-character prefix that can be ignored, which is not always true. This subtle bug leads to vulnerable edge cases.

Affected products

• Node.js: 4.x from 4.0; 5.x from 5.0; 6.x from 6.0; 7.x from 7.0; 8.x from 8.0; 9.x from 9.0 — fixed in 20.15.1, 22.4.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Node.js 20.15.1, 22.4.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/11/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/19/3
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250502-0010/

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