UBUNTU-CVE-2023-32002

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-32002

    Published: 21 Aug 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-32002
    Aliases:
    USN-6822-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-32002, https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/august-2023-security-releases#permissions-policies-can-be-bypassed-via-module_load-highcve-2023-32002, https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/15bced0bde93f24115b779a309d517845c87e17a, https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b68e5e798138be0041ba9ace72d8d45e63c068a1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32002, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6822-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nodejs

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6?arch=source&distro=jammy

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6

    Affected versions

    12.22.5~dfsg-5ubuntu1
    12.22.7~dfsg-2ubuntu1
    12.22.7~dfsg-2ubuntu3
    12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu2
    12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3
    12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1
    12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2
    12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.3
    12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4
    12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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