CVE-2023-32002

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
NodeJSNode>= 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, < 16.20.2; >= 17.0, < 17.*; >= 18.0, < 18.17.1; >= 19.0, < 19.*; >= 20.0, < 20.5.1
nodejsnodejs<= 16.20.1; <= 18.17.0; <= 20.5.0

References

Timeline

Published
Aug 21, 2023
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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