CVE-2021-22940
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.39%Published: 8/16/2021Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Node.js before 16.6.1, 14.17.5, and 12.22.5 is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit the memory corruption, to change process behavior.
Affected packages (3)
- Bitnami/node>= 12.0.0, < 12.22.5, >= 14.0.0, < 14.17.5, >= 16.0.0, < 16.6.2
- Bitnami/node-min>= 12.0.0, < 12.22.5, >= 14.0.0, < 14.17.5, >= 16.0.0, < 16.6.2
- Debian/nodejsfrom 0, < 12.22.5~dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References (11)
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-22940
- WEBhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
- WEBhttps://hackerone.com/reports/1238162
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00006.html
- WEBhttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/aug-2021-security-releases/
- WEBhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22940
- WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-02
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210923-0001/
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html