CVE-2023-32002
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 0.05%Published: 8/21/2023Modified: 4/28/2026
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 packages (4)
- Alpine/nodejsfrom 0, < 16.20.2-r0
- Bitnami/nodefrom 0, < 16.20.2, >= 17.0.0, < 18.17.1, >= 19.0.0, < 20.5.1
- Bitnami/node-minfrom 0, < 16.20.2, >= 17.0.0, < 18.17.1, >= 19.0.0, < 20.5.1
- Debian/nodejsfrom 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |