CVE-2026-21716EPSS p3.5%
CVE-2026-21716CVE-2026-21716
nodejs / node.js
Description
An incomplete fix for CVE-2024-36137 leaves `FileHandle.chmod()` and `FileHandle.chown()` in the promises API without the required permission checks, while their callback-based equivalents (`fs.fchmod()`, `fs.fchown()`) were correctly patched.
As a result, code running under `--permission` with restricted `--allow-fs-write` can still use promise-based `FileHandle` methods to modify file permissions and ownership on already-open file descriptors, bypassing the intended write restrictions.
This vulnerability affects **20.x, 22.x, 24.x, and 25.x** processes using the Permission Model where `--allow-fs-write` is intentionally restricted.
Scoring
| CVSS | 3.3 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| EPSS | 0.15% probability of exploitation · percentile 3.5% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z |
| Last modified | 2026-08-19 |