{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32002","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-15T09:01:58.448408003Z","published":"2023-08-21T17:15:47Z","upstream":["CVE-2023-32002"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-32002"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nodejs","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/nodejs?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1"}]}],"versions":["18.13.0+dfsg1-1","18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1","18.19.0+dfsg-1","18.19.0+dfsg-2","18.19.0+dfsg-3","18.19.0+dfsg-4","18.19.0+dfsg-5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32002.json"}},{"package":{"name":"nodejs","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/nodejs?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32002.json"}},{"package":{"name":"nodejs","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/nodejs?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32002.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}