CVE-2021-22921: 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…

PriorityP342high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

7.41%

93.8th percentile

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

18 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	nodejs	—	—
nodejs	node	>= 10.0 < 10.*	10.*
nodejs	node	>= 11.0 < 11.*	11.*
nodejs	node	>= 12.0 < 12.22.2	12.22.2
nodejs	node	>= 13.0 < 13.*	13.*
nodejs	node	>= 14.0 < 14.17.2	14.17.2
nodejs	node	>= 15.0 < 15.*	15.*
nodejs	node	>= 16.0 < 16.4.1	16.4.1
nodejs	node	>= 4.0 < 4.*	4.*
nodejs	node	>= 5.0 < 5.*	5.*
nodejs	node	>= 6.0 < 6.*	6.*
nodejs	node	>= 7.0 < 7.*	7.*
nodejs	node	>= 8.0 < 8.*	8.*
nodejs	node	>= 9.0 < 9.*	9.*
nodejs	node.js	>= 12.0.0 < 12.22.2	12.22.2
nodejs	node.js	>= 14.0.0 < 14.17.2	14.17.2
nodejs	node.js	>= 16.0.0 < 16.4.1	16.4.1
siemens	sinec_infrastructure_network_services	< 1.0.1.1	1.0.1.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.04.4MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

vendor_debian7.8LOW

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