CVE-2024-22017

nodejs: setuid() does not drop all privileges due to io_uring

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 19, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in Node.js, where the setuid() does not affect libuv's internal io_uring operations if initialized before the call to setuid(). This issue allows the process to perform privileged operations despite presumably having dropped such privileges through a call to setuid().

Statement

This vulnerability affects all users in active release lines 20.x, and 21.x.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management