CVE-2021-22921
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-07-12 10:22Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-04-30 22:24Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-01-06
- Assigning CNA
- hackerone
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b9d965d5bf259ad7bee8eb482a76253dd855d1fc082f81461c46bb86118561ab
05 Affected products
06 References
- nodejs.orghttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2021-security-releases/
- hackerone.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/1211160
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0003/
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- nodejs Not affected
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.