CVE-2023-32002

Name
CVE-2023-32002
Description
The use of `Module._load()` can bypass the policy mechanism and require modules outside of the policy.json definition for a given module. This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: 16.x, 18.x and, 20.x. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy is an experimental feature of Node.js.
NVD Severity
high
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://hackerone.com/reports/1960870

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* nodejs >= 20.0.0 <= 20.5.0
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* nodejs >= 18.0.0 <= 18.17.0
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* nodejs >= 16.0.0 <= 16.20.1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
nodejs 3.18-main 18.17.1-r0 Jakub Jirutka <jakub@jirutka.cz> fixed
nodejs 3.17-main 18.17.1-r0 Jakub Jirutka <jakub@jirutka.cz> fixed
nodejs 3.16-main 16.20.1-r0 Jakub Jirutka <jakub@jirutka.cz> possibly vulnerable
nodejs 3.15-main 16.20.1-r0 Jakub Jirutka <jakub@jirutka.cz> possibly vulnerable