Security Advisory
CVE-2023-32002
9.8
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
August 21, 2023
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory