CVE-2023-32002

Publication date 21 August 2023

Last updated 4 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
nodejs	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Fixed 18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2.3
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needed
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6822-1
Node.js vulnerabilities
10 June 2024