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CVE-2024-22017

This allows the process to perform privileged operations despite presumably having dropped such privileges through a call to setuid().

HIGH 7.3EPSS 0.89%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

setuid() does not affect libuv's internal io_uring operations if initialized before the call to setuid(). This allows the process to perform privileged operations despite presumably having dropped such privileges through a call to setuid(). This vulnerability affects all users using version greater or equal than Node.js 18.18.0, Node.js 20.4.0 and Node.js 21.

CVSS 3.0: 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
EPSS: 0.89% probability · 57th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-250
Source: support@hackerone.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.