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.
[
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"vendor": "Node.js",
"product": "Node.js",
"versions": [
{
"version": "20.5.0",
"status": "affected",
"lessThanOrEqual": "20.5.0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"version": "18.17.0",
"status": "affected",
"lessThanOrEqual": "18.17.0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"version": "16.20.1",
"status": "affected",
"lessThanOrEqual": "16.20.1",
"versionType": "semver"
}
]
}
]