CVE-2024-21892 Privilege escalation in Node

What is CVE-2024-21892?

CVE-2024-21892 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node.js, published on 20 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

On Linux, Node.js ignores certain environment variables if those may have been set by an unprivileged user while the process is running with elevated privileges with the only exception of CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE. Due to a bug in the implementation of this exception, Node.js incorrectly applies this exception even when certain other capabilities have been set. This allows unprivileged users to inject code that inherits the process's elevated privileges.

Weakness: CWE-94, CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21892?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including node and node-min. It affects 1 product.

Products include Nodejs Node.js.

How do I fix CVE-2024-21892?

Upgrade node to a fixed version for your release line: 18.19.1, 20.11.1 or 21.6.2.

Is CVE-2024-21892 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21892 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Nodejs Node.js

• CVE-2023-32002 Security feature bypass in Node Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-6303 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-15896 Security feature bypass in Node.js Critical 9.1
• CVE-2018-7160 Server-side request forgery in Node.js High 8.8
• CVE-2018-12120 Misconfiguration in Node.js High 8.1

All Nodejs Node.js vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as AZL-34460, AZL-35052, BELL-CVE-2024-21892, BIT-node-2024-21892, BIT-node-min-2024-21892, CLEANSTART-2026-PN59834 and 2 more.