CVE-2023-32002

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-08-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-288

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 products

Node.js: from 16.0.0 through 16.20.1; from 18.0.0 through 18.17.0; from 20.0.0 through 20.5.0

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/1960870
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230915-0009/
https://hackerone.com/reports/1960870
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230915-0009/

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