Information Exposure The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package npm (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-NPM-10260473
- published29 May 2025
- disclosed9 Aug 2023
Introduced: 9 Aug 2023
CVE-2023-32006 (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 npm package and not the npm package as distributed by RHEL.
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32006
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2043807
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JQPELKG2LVTADSB7ME73AV4DXQK47PWK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PBOZE2QZIBLFFTYWYN23FGKN6HULZ6HX/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230915-0009/