CVE-2025-55130

high Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 98% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Published: January 20, 2026 (114 days ago)
Last Modified: January 20, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Fix Available: ✓ Yes

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.

CWE

CWE-281

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update SupportRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update SupportRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support

Fix Status

✅ Fix Available

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 nodejs.org