CVE-2024-37372: Node.js Node

Low severity, CVSS 3.6. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Permission Model assumes that any path starting with two backslashes \ has a four-character prefix that can be ignored, which is not always true. This subtle bug leads to vulnerable edge cases.

Affected products

• Node.js Node: from 4.0, before 5 (fixed in 5); from 5.0, before 6 (fixed in 6); from 6.0, before 7 (fixed in 7); from 7.0, before 8 (fixed in 8); from 8.0, before 9 (fixed in 9); from 9.0, before 10 (fixed in 10); …

Published 2025-01-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.