Vulnerability Database

289,599

Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2023-32002

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.

  • Published: Aug 21, 2023
  • Updated: Aug 25, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2023-32002
  • Severity: Critical
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Critical
  • Score: 9.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.