Bug 2230956 (TRIAGE-CVE-2023-32559)

Summary: TRIAGE-CVE-2023-32559 nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via process.binding
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Mauro Matteo Cascella <mcascell>
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Bug Depends On: 2230972, 2230973, 2230974, 2230975    
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Description Mauro Matteo Cascella 2023-08-10 10:06:05 UTC
The use of the deprecated API process.binding() can bypass the policy mechanism by requiring internal modules and eventually take advantage of process.binding('spawn_sync') run arbitrary code, outside of the limits defined in a policy.json file. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy 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-processbinding-mediumcve-2023-32559