Bug 2230948 (CVE-2023-32002)

Summary:	CVE-2023-32002 nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via Module._load
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Mauro Matteo Cascella <mcascell>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
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Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	hhorak, jorton, nodejs-maint
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OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found in NodeJS. This security issue occurs as the use of Module._load() can bypass the policy mechanism and require modules outside of the policy.json definition for a given module.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2233374, 2233376, 2230964, 2230965, 2230966, 2230967, 2233371, 2233372, 2233373, 2233375, 2233377, 2233378, 2233380, 2233381, 2233855, 2233856, 2233857, 2233858, 2233859, 2233860, 2233861, 2233862, 2233893, 2233894, 2234405, 2234410
Bug Blocks:	2230962

Description Mauro Matteo Cascella 2023-08-10 09:55:34 UTC

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. This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: 16.x, 18.x and, 20.x.

Security Advisory:
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/august-2023-security-releases#permissions-policies-can-be-bypassed-via-module_load-highcve-2023-32002

Comment 2 Sandipan Roy 2023-08-22 07:06:50 UTC

Created nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 2233375]
Affects: fedora-37 [bug 2233371]


Created nodejs16 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-38 [bug 2233377]


Created nodejs18 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-38 [bug 2233378]


Created nodejs20 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-38 [bug 2233380]


Created nodejs:13/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-8 [bug 2233376]


Created nodejs:14/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-37 [bug 2233373]


Created nodejs:16-epel/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-8 [bug 2233374]


Created nodejs:16/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-38 [bug 2233381]


Created nodejs:18/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-37 [bug 2233372]

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2023-09-26 14:50:39 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2023:5361 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5361

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2023-09-26 14:51:36 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:5363 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5363

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2023-09-26 14:52:07 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:5360 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5360

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2023-09-26 14:58:49 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:5362 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5362

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2023-10-09 10:26:48 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2023:5533 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5533

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2023-10-09 10:26:51 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:5532 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5532