CVE-2021-22921

EPSS 7.4%CWE-732

Node.js before 16.4.1, 14.17.2, and 12.22.2 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation attacks under certain conditions on Windows platforms. More specifically, improper configuration of permissions in the installation directory allows an attacker to perform two different escalation attacks: PATH and DLL hijacking.

Affected products

NodeJS · Node

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References

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf https://hackerone.com/reports/1211160 https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2021-security-releases/https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0003/