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CVE-2023-30581

Public on 2023-06-23
Modified on 2024-02-04
Description

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: 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.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2023 nodejs 2023-07-05 20:13 ALAS2023-2023-237

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N