CVE-2022-21704
Incorrect Default Permissions in log4js-node
02 Description
Incorrect Default Permissions in log4js-node
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 22.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- 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
- 2022-01-19 00:00Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-04-23 19:10Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-11-16
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-276Incorrect Default PermissionsBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 95046b6afa4aded9905e834d903b492fc1970c6f9adccd39f3b9365174aa058b
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/log4js-node/log4js-node/security/advisories/GHSA-82v2-mx6x-wq7q
- github.comhttps://github.com/log4js-node/log4js-node/pull/1141/commits/8042252861a1b65adb66931fdf702ead34fa9b76
- github.comhttps://github.com/log4js-node/streamroller/pull/87
- github.comhttps://github.com/log4js-node/log4js-node/blob/v6.4.0/CHANGELOG.md#640
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20221206 [SECURITY] [DLA 3229-1] node-log4js security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00014.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- node-log4js Fixed in 6.4.1+~cs8.3.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- node-log4js Fixed in 6.4.1+~cs8.3.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- node-log4js Fixed in 6.4.1+~cs8.3.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- node-log4js No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- node-log4js No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- node-log4js No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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