CVE-2023-32006

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

15/08/2023

Last modified:

08/05/2025

Description

The use of `module.constructor.createRequire()` can bypass the policy mechanism and require modules outside of the policy.json definition for a given module.<br /> <br /> This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: 16.x, 18.x, and, 20.x.<br /> <br /> Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy is an experimental feature of Node.js.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:::::-:::*	16.0.0 (including)	16.20.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:::::-:::*	18.0.0 (including)	18.17.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:::::-:::*	20.0.0 (including)	20.5.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*

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CVE-2023-32006

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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