Fluid Attacks Database

Description

A flaw in Node.js's permission model allows a file's access and modification timestamps to be changed via futimes() even when the process has only read permissions. Unlike utimes(), futimes() does not apply the expected write-permission checks, which means file metadata can be modified in read-only directories. This behavior could be used to alter timestamps in ways that obscure activity, reducing the reliability of logs. This vulnerability affects users of the permission model on Node.js v20, v22, v24, and v25.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
alpine v3.22	nodejs	>=0 <22.22.0-r0	22.22.0-r0
debian 13	nodejs	=20.19.2+dfsg-1 \|\| >=0 <20.19.2+dfsg-1+deb13u1	20.19.2+dfsg-1+deb13u1
debian 14	nodejs	=20.19.2+dfsg-1 \|\| =20.19.4+dfsg-1 \|\| =20.19.5+dfsg+~cs20.19.12-1 \|\| =20.19.5+dfsg+~cs20.19.12-2 \|\| =20.19.5+dfsg+~cs20.19.12-3 \|\| =20.19.5+dfsg+~cs20.19.12-4 \|\| =20.19.5+dfsg+~cs20.19.24-1 \|\| =22.12.0+dfsg-1 \|\| =22.12.0+dfsg-2 \|\| =22.12.0+dfsg-3 \|\| =22.14.0+dfsg-1 \|\| =22.18.0+dfsg+~cs22.17.2-1 \|\| =22.18.0+dfsg+~cs22.17.2-2 \|\| =22.18.0+dfsg-1 \|\| =22.19.0+dfsg+~cs22.18.0-1 \|\| =22.21.1+dfsg+~cs22.19.0-1 \|\| =22.21.1+dfsg+~cs22.19.0-2 \|\| =22.21.1+dfsg+~cs22.19.0-3 \|\| =22.21.1+dfsg+~cs22.19.0-4 \|\| =22.21.1+dfsg+~cs22.19.0-5 \|\| =22.21.1+dfsg+~cs22.19.0-6 \|\| >=0 <22.22.0+dfsg+~cs22.19.6-1	22.22.0+dfsg+~cs22.19.6-1
alpine v3.23	nodejs	>=0 <24.13.0-r0	24.13.0-r0
rpm rhel8	nodejs	<1:20.20.0-1.module+el8.10.0+23905+c49b2aec	1:20.20.0-1.module+el8.10.0+23905+c49b2aec
rpm rhel9	nodejs	<1:20.20.0-1.module+el9.7.0+23895+0637d423	1:20.20.0-1.module+el9.7.0+23895+0637d423
rpm rhel10	nodejs24	<1:24.13.0-1.el10_1	1:24.13.0-1.el10_1
rpm rhel10	nodejs22	<1:22.22.0-3.el10_1	1:22.22.0-3.el10_1
alpine v3.21	nodejs	>=0 <22.22.2-r0	22.22.2-r0
alpine v3.24	nodejs	>=0 <24.13.0-r0	24.13.0-r0

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Aliases

1. CVE-2025-551322. NVD-2025-551323. OSV-ALPINE-2025-551324. OSV-2025-551325. OSV-DEBIAN-2025-551326. GCVE-2025-551327. SECURITY-CVE-2025-551328. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2025-551329. https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/55xxx/CVE-2025-55132.json

References

1. https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/december-2025-security-releases

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