{"schema_version":"1.7.5","id":"BIT-node-2025-55130","published":"2026-01-26T14:47:49.864Z","modified":"2026-07-06T08:01:01.861264585Z","aliases":["BIT-node-min-2025-55130","CVE-2025-55130"],"details":"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.\nThis vulnerability affects users of the permission model on Node.js v20,  v22,  v24, and v25.","affected":[{"package":{"name":"node","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/node"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"20.0.0"},{"fixed":"20.20.0"},{"introduced":"21.0.0"},{"fixed":"22.22.0"},{"introduced":"23.0.0"},{"fixed":"24.13.0"},{"introduced":"25.0.0"},{"fixed":"25.3.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/node/BIT-node-2025-55130.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"}]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/december-2025-security-releases"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55130"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1842"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1843"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2420"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2421"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2422"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2767"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2768"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2781"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2782"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2783"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2864"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2899"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6402"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6431"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7386"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7387"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-55130"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2431352"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-55130.json"}],"database_specific":{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"severity":"Critical"}}