CVE-2021-22921

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jul 12, 2021
Updated: Apr 30, 2025
Reserved: Jan 6, 2021

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (CWE-732)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
NodeNodeJS	4.0 to before 4.Affected 5.0 to before 5.Affected 6.0 to before 6.Affected 7.0 to before 7.Affected 8.0 to before 8.Affected 9.0 to before 9.Affected 10.0 to before 10.Affected 11.0 to before 11.Affected 12.0 to before 12.22.2Affected 13.0 to before 13.Affected 14.0 to before 14.17.2Affected 15.0 to before 15.Affected 16.0 to before 16.4.1Affected

References

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