CVE-2021-22921

Name	CVE-2021-22921
Description	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.
Source	CVE (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 Package	Release	Version	Status
nodejs (PTS)	buster	10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u1	fixed
	buster (security)	10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u3	fixed
	bullseye	12.22.5~dfsg-2~11u1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u3	fixed
	bookworm, sid	18.13.0+dfsg1-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
nodejs	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

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