CVE-2023-32002 Affecting nodejs package, versions <12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-NODEJS-5838269
  • published11 Aug 2023
  • disclosed21 Aug 2023

Introduced: 11 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-32002  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 nodejs to version 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs package and not the nodejs package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1