CVE-2024-21892

7.8 highEPSS 0.6%

High (7.8) in nodejs node.js. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 46% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-94, CWE-269
Published: 2024-02-20
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

nodejs:node.js

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/11/1
https://hackerone.com/reports/2237545
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240322-0003/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/11/1
https://hackerone.com/reports/2237545

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