CVE 7.1 HIGH

CVE-2025-55130_CVE-2025-55130

7.1 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-55130
Source hackerone
Published Jan 20, 2026 at 20:41

Affected Product

Vendor nodejs
Product node
Version 20.19.6
Affected Versions nodejs node 20.19.6
nodejs node 22.21.1
nodejs node 24.12.0
nodejs node 25.2.1

References

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