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CVE-2024-36138: Bypass incomplete fix of CVE-2024-27980, that arises from improper handling of batch files with all possible extensions on Windows via child

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 65.7% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • Fixed version: NodeJS Node 10.*, 11.*, 12.*.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to NodeJS Node 10.*, 11.*, 12.* or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Bypass incomplete fix of CVE-2024-27980, that arises from improper handling of batch files with all possible extensions on Windows via child_process.spawn / child_process.spawnSync. A malicious command line argument can inject arbitrary commands and achieve code execution even if the shell option is not enabled.

HighCVSS 8.1 · v3.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 7, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
1.0% · 65th percentile

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Action score

32

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
32 / 40 · 8.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.0%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · hackerone
8.1
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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (hackerone). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • NodeJS Node

    • 4.0 and later · before 4.*affected · semver
    • 5.0 and later · before 5.*affected · semver
    • 6.0 and later · before 6.*affected · semver
    • 7.0 and later · before 7.*affected · semver
    • 8.0 and later · before 8.*affected · semver
    • 9.0 and later · before 9.*affected · semver
    • 10.0 and later · before 10.*affected · semver
    • 11.0 and later · before 11.*affected · semver
    • 12.0 and later · before 12.*affected · semver
    • 13.0 and later · before 13.*affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
openSUSE:Leap 15.5nodejs18before 18.20.4-150400.9.24.218.20.4-150400.9.24.2
openSUSE:Leap 15.5nodejs20before 20.15.1-150500.11.12.220.15.1-150500.11.12.2
openSUSE:Leap 15.6nodejs20before 20.15.1-150600.3.3.220.15.1-150600.3.3.2
openSUSE:Tumbleweednodejs22before 22.10.0-1.122.10.0-1.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweednodejs24before 24.11.1-2.124.11.1-2.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweednodejs26before 26.3.1-1.126.3.1-1.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 12nodejs18before 18.20.4-8.24.118.20.4-8.24.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP5nodejs18before 18.20.4-150400.9.24.218.20.4-150400.9.24.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP5nodejs20before 20.15.1-150500.11.12.220.15.1-150500.11.12.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP6nodejs20before 20.15.1-150600.3.3.220.15.1-150600.3.3.2

Same product

nodejs: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-27983An attacker can make the Node.js HTTP/2 server completely unavailable by sending a small amount of HTTP/2 frames packets with a few HTTP/2 f
    58Plan
  • CVE-2025-27210An incomplete fix has been identified for CVE-2025-23084 in Node.js, specifically affecting Windows device names like CON, PRN, and AUX.
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2024-27980Due to the improper handling of batch files in child_process.spawn / child_process.spawnSync, a malicious command line argument can inject a
    32Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-46809Sep 7, 2024 · Node.js versions which bundle an unpatched version of OpenSSL or run against a dynamically linked version of OpenSSL which are unpatched are
    29Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-36137Sep 7, 2024 · A vulnerability has been identified in Node.js, affecting users of the experimental permission model when the --allow-fs-write flag is used.
    13Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-37372Jan 8, 2025 · The Permission Model assumes that any path starting with two backslashes \ has a four-character prefix that can be ignored, which is not alw
    14Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
NodeJS Node10.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node11.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node12.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node13.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node14.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node15.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node16.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node17.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node18.20.4Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node19.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node20.15.1Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node21.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node22.4.1Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node4.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node5.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node6.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node7.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node8.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node9.*Vendor (CNA)
alpine:nodejs0 · Alpine:v3.19Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:nodejs1818.20.4-150400.9.24.2 · openSUSE:Leap 15.5Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:nodejs2020.15.1-150500.11.12.2 · openSUSE:Leap 15.5Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:nodejs2222.10.0-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
opensuse:nodejs2424.11.1-2.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
opensuse:nodejs2626.3.1-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
suse:nodejs1818.20.4-150400.9.24.2 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP5Package registry (OSV)
suse:nodejs1818.20.4-8.24.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 12Package registry (OSV)
suse:nodejs2020.15.1-150500.11.12.2 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP5Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-27980123 days apartDue to the improper handling of batch files in child_process.spawn / child_process.spawnSync, a malicious command line argument can inject a
    32Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-77 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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