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Access Restriction Bypass Affecting node package, versions [16.0.0,16.20.2) [18.0.0,18.17.1) [20.0.0,20.5.1)

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.09% (39th percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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SUSE
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
9.8 critical

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UPSTREAM-NODE-5848030
  • published 22 Aug 2023
  • disclosed 9 Aug 2023
  • credit mattaustin
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Introduced: 9 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-32002 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-284 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade node to version 16.20.2, 18.17.1, 20.5.1 or higher.

Overview

node is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass via the Module._load which can bypass the policy mechanism and require modules outside of the policy.json definition for a given module.