CVE-2023-32002

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 21
Modified
Published: 21 Aug 2023, 16:52
Last modified:02 Jul 2025, 14:48

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.05% LOW
0% probability +0.02%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

21 Aug 2023, 16:52
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
02 Jul 2025, 14:48
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

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.05%• Percentile: 17%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-288•Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

    The product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication.

Affected Systems

  • nodejs•node

    ≥ 4.0, < 4.* | ≥ 5.0, < 5.* | ≥ 6.0, < 6.* | ≥ 7.0, < 7.* | ≥ 8.0, < 8.* | ≥ 9.0, < 9.* | ≥ 10.0, < 10.* | ≥ 11.0, < 11.* | ≥ 12.0, < 12.* | ≥ 13.0, < 13.* | ≥ 14.0, < 14.* | ≥ 15.0, < 15.* | ≥ 16.0, < 16.20.2 | ≥ 17.0, < 17.* | ≥ 18.0, < 18.17.1 | ≥ 19.0, < 19.* | ≥ 20.0, < 20.5.1

  • nodejs•node.js

    ≥ 16.0.0, ≤ 16.20.1 | ≥ 18.0.0, ≤ 18.17.0 | ≥ 20.0.0, ≤ 20.5.0

References (2)