Bug 2230952 (CVE-2023-32558)

Summary:	CVE-2023-32558 nodejs: process.binding() can bypass the permission model through path traversal
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Mauro Matteo Cascella <mcascell>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	hhorak, jorton, nodejs-maint, zsvetlik
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found in NodeJS. This security issue occurs as the use of the deprecated API process.binding() can bypass the permission model through path traversal.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2233382
Bug Blocks:	2230962

Description Mauro Matteo Cascella 2023-08-10 10:02:07 UTC

The use of the deprecated API process.binding() can bypass the permission model through path traversal. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js. This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental permission model in Node.js 20.

Security Advisory:
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/august-2023-security-releases#processbinding-can-bypass-the-permission-model-through-path-traversal-highcve-2023-32558

Comment 1 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-08-10 15:01:48 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-32558

Comment 2 Sandipan Roy 2023-08-22 07:06:52 UTC

Created nodejs20 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-38 [bug 2233382]