nodejs: Nodejs filesystem permissions bypass

A file access flaw has been discovered in NodeJS. 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-on...

nodejs: Nodejs filesystem permissions bypass

A file access flaw has been discovered in NodeJS. 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-on...

CVE-2025-55132

The Connected documents confirm CVE-2025-55132: Node.js’ fs.futimes() can bypass the Read-Only permission model, allowing modification of file timestamps even when a process has only read access. Affected products are Node.js releases in the 20/22/24/25 lineages. Impact is potential log tampering...