CVE-2023-32002

NameCVE-2023-32002
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-5589-1
Debian Bugs1050739

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
nodejs (PTS)bullseye12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4vulnerable
bullseye (security)12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u5vulnerable
bookworm18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u2fixed
bookworm (security)18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie20.17.0+dfsg-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
nodejssourcebuster(not affected)
nodejssourcebookworm18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1DSA-5589-1
nodejssource(unstable)18.13.0+dfsg1-1.11050739

Notes

[bullseye] - nodejs <ignored> (Only affects experimental policy manifests)
[buster] - nodejs <not-affected> (v10.x doesn't support policy manifests)
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 (v18.x)
https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b68e5e798138be0041ba9ace72d8d45e63c068a1 (main)

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