CVE-2021-22921 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.5 HIGH

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.

EPSS 0.53% · 66.9th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
8.5
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS Score
0.53%
66.9th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Bitnaminode12.0.0, 16.0.0, 14.0.0
Bitnaminode-min16.0.0, 16.0.0, 12.0.0
Bitnaminode-min16.0.0, 14.0.0, 12.0.0
Bitnaminode16.0.0, 14.0.0, 12.0.0

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