A flaw in Node.js’s Permissions model allows attackers to bypass --allow-fs-read and --allow-fs-write restrictions using crafted relative symlink paths. By chaining directories and symlinks, a script granted access only to the current directory can escape the allowed path and read sensitive files. This breaks the expected isolation guarantees and enables arbitrary file read/write, leading to potential system compromise.
This vulnerability affects users of the permission model on Node.js v20, v22, v24, and v25.
CVE-2025-55130
Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-01-20. NVD baseline CVSS 9.1; sources differ by 2.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 9.1
- EG Score
- 7.1(medium)
- EPSS
- 73.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
January 20, 2026
Last Modified
July 15, 2026
Advisory Details (10)
Auto-updated Jun 30, 2026Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2782Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2781Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2768Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2767Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2422Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2421Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2420Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1843Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1842Node.js — Tuesday, January 13, 2026 Security Releases
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/december-2025-security-releasesVendor Advisories for CVE-2025-55130(19)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:7657Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2026:7387Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2026:7386Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2026:7378Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2026:6431Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2026:6402Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2026:2899Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: nodejs22 security update
- RHSA-2026:2864Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: nodejs:22 security update
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Patch Availability(18)
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 43× in last 30d)
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- 2026-07-15 02:21 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 9.1 · severity → CRITICAL
- 2026-07-15 02:06 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.1 · severity → HIGH
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