CVE-2024-21892

On Linux, Node.js ignores certain environment variables if those may have
been set by an unprivileged user while the process is running with elevated
privileges with the only exception of CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE. Due to a bug in
the implementation of this exception, Node.js incorrectly applies this
exception even when certain other capabilities have been set. This allows
unprivileged users to inject code that inherits the process’s elevated
privileges.

Bugs

• <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1064055&gt;