CVE-2023-30581

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The use of __proto__ in process.mainModule.__proto__.require() can bypass the policy mechanism and require modules outside of the policy.json definition. This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: v16, v18 and, v20.

Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy is an experimental feature of Node.js

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-862

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
NodeJS	Node	>= 4.0, < 4.; >= 5.0, < 5.; >= 6.0, < 6.; >= 7.0, < 7.; >= 8.0, < 8.; >= 9.0, < 9.; >= 10.0, < 10.; >= 11.0, < 11.; >= 12.0, < 12.; >= 13.0, < 13.; >= 14.0, < 14.; >= 15.0, < 15.; >= 16.0, < 16.20.1; >= 17.0, < 17.; >= 18.0, < 18.16.1; >= 19.0, < 19.; >= 20.0, < 20.3.1

References

Timeline

Published: Nov 23, 2023
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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