CVE-2023-32006 Affecting nodejs-20 package, versions <20.5.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-NODEJS20-5847294
  • published21 Aug 2023
  • disclosed15 Aug 2023

Introduced: 15 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-32006  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi nodejs-20 to version 20.5.1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-20 package and not the nodejs-20 package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1