With the aid of the diagnostics_channel utility, an event can be hooked into whenever a worker thread is created. This is not limited only to workers but also exposes internal workers, where an instance of them can be fetched, and its constructor can be grabbed and reinstated for malicious usage. This vulnerability affects Permission Model users (--permission) on Node.js v20, v22, and v23.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.7
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade nodejs-packaging-bundlerUpgrade nodejs-full-i18nUpgrade npmUpgrade nodejsUpgrade nodejs-nodemonUpgrade v8-12.4-develUpgrade nodejs-packagingUpgrade nodejs-libsUpgrade nodejs-develUpgrade nodejs-docs | Feb 20, 2025 | Jan 22, 2025 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade openjdk17Upgrade nodejsUpgrade openjdk21 | Aug 8, 2025 | Jan 22, 2025 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade nodejs20-develUpgrade nodejs20-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs20-libsUpgrade nodejs20-libs-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs20Upgrade nodejs20-debugsourceUpgrade nodejs20-npmUpgrade nodejs20-docsUpgrade nodejs20-full-i18nUpgrade v8-11.3-devel | Feb 17, 2025 | Jan 22, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade nodejsNo solution exists | May 15, 2025 | Jan 22, 2025 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-libs/nodejs. | Jun 13, 2025 | Jan 22, 2025 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade nodejs-libsUpgrade nodejs-develUpgrade nodejsUpgrade npmUpgrade nodejs-nodemonUpgrade v8-12.4-develUpgrade nodejs-packagingUpgrade nodejs-docsUpgrade nodejs-packaging-bundlerUpgrade nodejs-full-i18n | Feb 14, 2025 | Jan 22, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade nodejs-docsUpgrade v8-12.4-develUpgrade nodejs-debugsourceUpgrade nodejs-libs-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs-libsUpgrade nodejs-nodemonUpgrade nodejs-develUpgrade nodejs-packagingUpgrade nodejs-full-i18nUpgrade nodejs-packaging-bundlerUpgrade nodejsUpgrade nodejs-debuginfoUpgrade npm | Feb 13, 2025 | Jan 22, 2025 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade nodejs-develUpgrade nodejs-full-i18nUpgrade nodejs-libsUpgrade v8-12.4-develUpgrade nodejs-libs-debuginfoUpgrade nodejs-debugsourceUpgrade nodejsUpgrade npmUpgrade nodejs-debuginfo | Feb 14, 2025 | Jan 22, 2025 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade corepack20Upgrade nodejs22-docsUpgrade nodejs22Upgrade nodejs20-develUpgrade nodejs22-develUpgrade corepack22Upgrade npm20Upgrade npm22Upgrade nodejs20Upgrade nodejs20-docs | Jan 27, 2025 | Jan 22, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | No solution exists | Jun 26, 2025 | Jan 22, 2025 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jul 2, 2025 | Jan 22, 2025 |
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