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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb
Published
2026-01-26 14:47
Modified
2026-09-08 08:34
Summary
Details

A flaw in Node.js’s Permissions model allows attackers to bypass --allow-fs-read and --allow-fs-write restrictions using crafted relative symlink paths. By chaining directories and symlinks, a script granted access only to the current directory can escape the allowed path and read sensitive files. This breaks the expected isolation guarantees and enables arbitrary file read/write, leading to potential system compromise. This vulnerability affects users of the permission model on Node.js v20, v22, v24, and v25.

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      "package": {
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        "name": "node",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/node"
      },
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              "introduced": "20.0.0"
            },
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              "fixed": "20.20.0"
            },
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              "introduced": "21.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "22.22.0"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "23.0.0"
            },
            {
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            },
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            },
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-55130"
  ],
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    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
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  },
  "details": "A flaw in Node.js\u2019s Permissions model allows attackers to bypass `--allow-fs-read` and `--allow-fs-write` restrictions using crafted relative symlink paths. By chaining directories and symlinks, a script granted access only to the current directory can escape the allowed path and read sensitive files. This breaks the expected isolation guarantees and enables arbitrary file read/write, leading to potential system compromise.\nThis vulnerability affects users of the permission model on Node.js v20,  v22,  v24, and v25.",
  "id": "BIT-node-2025-55130",
  "modified": "2026-09-08T08:34:36.952Z",
  "published": "2026-01-26T14:47:49.864Z",
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