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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.8 Critical

CVE-2023-32002

The use of `Module._load()` can bypass the policy mechanism and require modules outside of the policy.json definition for a given module.

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
hackerone

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

NodeJS Node

Default version status: unaffected

  • 4.0 to < 4.*affected
  • 5.0 to < 5.*affected
  • 6.0 to < 6.*affected
  • 7.0 to < 7.*affected
  • 8.0 to < 8.*affected
  • 9.0 to < 9.*affected
  • 10.0 to < 10.*affected
  • 11.0 to < 11.*affected
  • 12.0 to < 12.*affected
  • 13.0 to < 13.*affected
  • 14.0 to < 14.*affected
  • 15.0 to < 15.*affected
  • 16.0 to < 16.20.2affected
  • 17.0 to < 17.*affected
  • 18.0 to < 18.17.1affected
  • 19.0 to < 19.*affected
  • 20.0 to < 20.5.1affected

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