Bug 2230948 (CVE-2023-32002) - CVE-2023-32002 nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via Module._load
Summary: CVE-2023-32002 nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via Module._load
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-32002
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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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
Blocks: 2230962
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Reported: 2023-08-10 09:55 UTC by Mauro Matteo Cascella
Modified: 2024-02-01 09:01 UTC (History)
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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.
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:5402 0 None None None 2023-09-28 15:26:48 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:5404 0 None None None 2023-09-28 18:27:20 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:5409 0 None None None 2023-10-02 08:11:37 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:5420 0 None None None 2023-10-03 15:11:29 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:5680 0 None None None 2023-10-12 08:11:56 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:5779 0 None None None 2023-10-17 09:26:53 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:5360 0 None None None 2023-09-26 14:52:08 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:5361 0 None None None 2023-09-26 14:50:41 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:5362 0 None None None 2023-09-26 14:58:50 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:5363 0 None None None 2023-09-26 14:51:37 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:5532 0 None None None 2023-10-09 10:26:52 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:5533 0 None None None 2023-10-09 10:26:49 UTC

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
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