CVE-2021-22921

NameCVE-2021-22921
DescriptionNode.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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
nodejs (PTS)buster10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u1fixed
buster (security)10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u3fixed
bullseye12.22.5~dfsg-2~11u1fixed
bullseye (security)12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u3fixed
bookworm, sid18.13.0+dfsg1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
nodejssource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- nodejs <not-affected> (Only affects Windows installer)

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