8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
29.3%
The use of module.constructor.createRequire()
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.
github.com/nodejs/node/commit/15bced0bde93f24115b779a309d517845c87e17a (v18.x)
github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b68e5e798138be0041ba9ace72d8d45e63c068a1 (main)
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2023-32006
nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/august-2023-security-releases#permissions-policies-can-impersonate-other-modules-in-using-moduleconstructorcreaterequire-mediumcve-2023-32006
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32006
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-32006
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6822-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32006