UBUNTU-CVE-2023-30581

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-30581

    Published: 23 Nov 2023Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-30581

    Summary:

    Details: The use of __proto__ in process.mainModule.__proto__.require() can bypass the policy mechanism and require modules outside of the policy.json definition. This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: v16, v18 and, v20. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy is an experimental feature of Node.js

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-30581, https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2023-security-releases#mainmoduleproto-bypass-experimental-policy-mechanism-high-cve-2023-30581, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-30581

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nodejs

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2ubuntu4?arch=source&distro=noble

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -18.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu4

    Affected versions

    18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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