ALPINE-CVE-2023-32002

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CVE-2023-32002
Published: 21 Aug 2023, 17:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:52

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

21 Aug 2023, 17:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:52
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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 Metrics

  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•nodejs

    < 16.20.2-r0 | < 16.20.2-r0 | < 18.17.1-r0 | < 18.17.1-r0 | < 18.17.1-r0 | < 18.17.1-r0 | < 18.17.1-r0 | < 18.17.1-r0 | < 18.17.1-r0

References (1)