CVE-2024-22020A security flaw in Node.js allows a bypass of network import restrictions. By embedding non-network imports in data URLs, an attacker can…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 1.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 34% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A security flaw in Node.js allows a bypass of network import restrictions. By embedding non-network imports in data URLs, an attacker can execute arbitrary code, compromising system security. Verified on various platforms, the vulnerability is mitigated by forbidding data URLs in network imports. Exploiting this flaw can violate network import security, posing a risk to developers and servers.
Timeline
ID reserved
By hackerone
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| hackeroneCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
- affected 4.0 – < 4.*
- affected 5.0 – < 5.*
- affected 6.0 – < 6.*
- affected 7.0 – < 7.*
- affected 8.0 – < 8.*
- affected 9.0 – < 9.*
- affected 10.0 – < 10.*
- affected 11.0 – < 11.*
- affected 12.0 – < 12.*
- affected 13.0 – < 13.*
- affected 14.0 – < 14.*
- affected 15.0 – < 15.*
- affected 16.0 – < 16.*
- affected 17.0 – < 17.*
- affected 18.0 – < 18.20.4
- affected 19.0 – < 19.*
- affected 20.0 – < 20.15.1
- affected 21.0 – < 21.*
- affected 22.0 – < 22.4.1
References
References4
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2092749 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/11/6 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/19/3 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241122-0006/ (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-19626 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2024-22020)Record last updated .