PT-2021-14398 · Node Red · Node-Red

Knolleary · Published 2021-02-26 · Updated 2021-03-10 · CVE-2021-21298

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Node-RED versions 1.2.7 and earlier

Description: The issue allows arbitrary path traversal via the Projects API. If the Projects feature is enabled, a user with projects.read permission can access any file via the Projects API. The vulnerability applies only to the Projects feature, which is not enabled by default in Node-RED.

Recommendations: For Node-RED versions 1.2.7 and earlier, update to Node-RED 1.2.8 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, do not give untrusted users read access to the Node-RED editor.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-21298

GHSA-M33V-338H-4V9F

Affected Products

Node-Red

References · 10

• https://github.com/node-red/node-red/commit/74db3e17d075f23d9c95d7871586cf461524c456 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-m33v-338h-4v9f · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-21298 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21298 · Security Note
• https://github.com/node-red/node-red/releases/tag/1.2.8 · Note
• https://github.com/node-red/node-red/security/advisories/GHSA-m33v-338h-4v9f · Note
• https://npmjs.com/package/%40node-red/runtime · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/24239 · Telegram Post
• https://npmjs.com/package/@node-red/runtime · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/11078 · Telegram Post