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CVE-2025-55132

Updated on 20 Jan 2026

Severity

2.8 Low severity

Details

CVSS score
2.8
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE ID
Links
NISTCIRCLRHELUbuntu

Overview

About vulnerability

A flaw in Node.js’s permission model allows a file’s access and modification timestamps to be changed via futimes() even when the process has only read permissions. Unlike utimes(), futimes() does not apply the expected write-permission checks, which means file metadata can be modified in read-only directories. This behavior could be used to alter timestamps in ways that obscure activity, reducing the reliability of logs. This vulnerability affects users of the permission model on Node.js v20, v22, v24, and v25.

Details

Affected product:
AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , Alpine Linux 3.22 , Debian 10 , Debian 11 , Debian 12 , Debian 13 , EL 10 , EL 7 , EL 8 , EL 9 , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 18.04 , Ubuntu 20.04 , Ubuntu 22.04 , Ubuntu 24.04
Affected packages:
nodejs @ 20 (+69 more)
A flaw in Node.js’s permission model allows a file’s access and modification timestamps to be changed via futimes() even when the process has only read permissions. Unlike utimes(), futimes() does not apply the expected write-permission checks, which means file metadata can be modified in read-only directories. This behavior could be used to alter timestamps in ways that obscure activity, reducing the reliability of logs. This vulnerability affects users of the permission model on Node.js v20, v22, v24, and v25.

Fixes