CVE-2023-30581 (GCVE-0-2023-30581)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-22 23:28
Modified
2025-06-05 14:19
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
The use of __proto__ in process.mainModule.__proto__.require() can bypass the policy mechanism and require modules outside of the policy.json definition. This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: v16, v18 and, v20. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy is an experimental feature of Node.js
References
support@hackerone.comhttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2023-security-releasesRelease Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2023-security-releasesRelease Notes
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