CVE-2024-36138

State: Published
Severity: 8.1 High
Published: Sep 7, 2024
Updated: Apr 30, 2025
Reserved: May 21, 2024

Description

Bypass incomplete fix of CVE-2024-27980, that arises from improper handling of batch files with all possible extensions on Windows via child_process.spawn / child_process.spawnSync. A malicious command line argument can inject arbitrary commands and achieve code execution even if the shell option is not enabled.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.0	8.1 High	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	hackerone

Weaknesses

CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

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.Affected 13.0 to before 13.Affected 14.0 to before 14.Affected 15.0 to before 15.Affected 16.0 to before 16.Affected 17.0 to before 17.Affected 18.0 to before 18.20.4Affected 19.0 to before 19.Affected 20.0 to before 20.15.1Affected 21.0 to before 21.Affected 22.0 to before 22.4.1Affected

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.*Affected
13.0 to before 13.*Affected
14.0 to before 14.*Affected
15.0 to before 15.*Affected
16.0 to before 16.*Affected
17.0 to before 17.*Affected
18.0 to before 18.20.4Affected
19.0 to before 19.*Affected
20.0 to before 20.15.1Affected
21.0 to before 21.*Affected
22.0 to before 22.4.1Affected

References

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