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{"bugzilla": {"description": "nodejs: nodejs: Permission model bypass via wildcard path matching flaw", "id": "2560018", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2560018"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "3.6", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-284", "details": ["A flaw was found in the Node.js Permission Model. Wildcard --allow-fs-read or --allow-fs-write rules can grant access to paths that do not match the intended wildcard when the requested path is shorter than the wildcard prefix and the radix-tree lookup stops comparing early. For example, --allow-fs-read=/etc/passwd.* may also allow reading /etc/passwd. This requires the wildcard grant to sit directly under the root of the permission tree (for example when it is the only grant for that scope). This is a different root cause from CVE-2026-58043 and affects the Node.js 26.x line."], "mitigation": {"lang": "en:us", "value": "If the Permission Model is unused, do not enable --permission.\nWhen using --allow-fs-read/--allow-fs-write, avoid wildcard grants placed as the sole root-level rule; prefer explicit directory prefixes without ambiguous wildcards (CME-1303 Application-Level Filesystem Access Confinement: https://cmetaxonomy.org/entries/CME-1303.html).\nCombine application allowlists with OS confinement such as SELinux or container filesystem restrictions (CME-301: https://cmetaxonomy.org/entries/CME-301.html; CME-702: https://cmetaxonomy.org/entries/CME-702.html)."}, "name": "CVE-2026-106071", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "nodejs22", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "nodejs24", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "nodejs26", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "nodejs:22/nodejs", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "nodejs:24/nodejs", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "nodejs:22/nodejs", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "nodejs:24/nodejs", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "nodejs:26/nodejs", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "hi/nodejs", "product_name": "Red Hat Hardened Images"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "nodejs20", "product_name": "Red Hat Hardened Images"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "nodejs22", "product_name": "Red Hat Hardened Images"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "nodejs24", "product_name": "Red Hat Hardened Images"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "nodejs25", "product_name": "Red Hat Hardened Images"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "nodejs26", "product_name": "Red Hat Hardened Images"}], "public_date": "2026-10-23T16:15:05Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-106071\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-106071\nhttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/october-2026-security-releases"], "statement": "This is a Low severity flaw. Red Hat rates it Low because the Permission Model is an opt-in experimental hardening feature (--permission), exploitation needs a specific wildcard grant layout (high attack complexity), and impact is limited to additional filesystem read/write within that model (Low/Low). Deployments that do not enable --permission are not exposed. The issue is confined to Node.js 26.x.", "threat_severity": "Low"}

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