CVE-2023-32006 Security feature bypass in Node

What is CVE-2023-32006?

CVE-2023-32006 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 15 Aug 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The use of `module.constructor.createRequire()` 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.

Weakness: CWE-693

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-32006?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including node and node-min. It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Nodejs Node.js.

How do I fix CVE-2023-32006?

Upgrade node to a fixed version for your release line: 16.20.2, 18.17.1 or 20.5.1.

Is CVE-2023-32006 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32006 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2023-32006, AZL-27926, AZL-27941, BIT-node-2023-32006, BIT-node-min-2023-32006, CLEANSTART-2026-HH28542 and 4 more.