CVE-2023-30581 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package nodejs:18/nodejs-docs  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-NODEJS-11458490
  • published5 Aug 2025
  • disclosed20 Jun 2023

Introduced: 20 Jun 2023

CVE-2023-30581  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:9.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs:18/nodejs-docs package and not the nodejs:18/nodejs-docs package as distributed by RHEL.

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