CVE-2024-22018
nodejs: fs.lstat bypasses permission model
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Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · July 10, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in the Node.js package. This flaw arises from an inadequate permission model that fails to restrict file stats through the fs.lstat API. As a result, malicious actors can retrieve stats from files they do not have explicit read access to.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 2.9CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE not specified