The use of Module._load() can bypass the policy mechanism and require modules outside of the policy.json definition for a given module.
Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy mechanism is an experimental feature of Node.js.
Impacts:
This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: 16.x, 18.x and, 20.x.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 2023 | nodejs | 2023-08-17 11:20 | ALAS2023-2023-304 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |