fkie_cve-2023-32002
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2023-08-21 17:15
Modified
2025-07-02 15:15
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
support@hackerone.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/1960870Third Party Advisory
support@hackerone.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230915-0009/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackerone.com/reports/1960870Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230915-0009/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
nodejs node.js *
nodejs node.js *
nodejs node.js *


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