# Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Security Releases

DevFeed: [Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Security Releases](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/wednesday-april-10-2024-security-releases-2869.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/april-2024-security-releases-2>)

Published: 2024-04-10T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Node.js Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/node-js-blog.md>)

Topics: [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>)

Tags: [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform.md>), [js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/js.md>), [node](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/releases.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [security-vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security-vulnerabilities.md>), [updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/updates.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

Node.js announced security releases for the 18.x, 20.x, and 21.x release lines to address a high-severity Windows vulnerability. Improper handling of batch files in child_process.spawn and child_process.spawnSync could allow a malicious command-line argument to inject arbitrary commands and achieve code execution even when the shell option was disabled.

## Source excerpt

Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.