Fluid Attacks Database

Description

The use of proto in process.mainModule.proto.require() can bypass the policy mechanism and require modules outside of the policy.json definition. This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: v16, v18 and, v20. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy is an experimental feature of Node.js

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 12	nodejs	=18.13.0+dfsg1-1 \|\| =18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1 \|\| =18.19.0+dfsg-1 \|\| =18.19.0+dfsg-2 \|\| =18.19.0+dfsg-3 \|\| =18.19.0+dfsg-4 \|\| =18.19.0+dfsg-5 \|\| >=0 <18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1	18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1
debian 13	nodejs	>=0 <18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1	18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1
debian 14	nodejs	>=0 <18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1	18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1
rpm rhel8	nodejs	-	-
rpm rhel8.6	nodejs	<1:16.20.2-2.module+el8.6.0+19897+9590a839	1:16.20.2-2.module+el8.6.0+19897+9590a839
rpm rhel9	nodejs	<1:16.20.1-1.el9_2	1:16.20.1-1.el9_2
rpm rhel9.0	nodejs	<1:16.20.2-1.el9_0	1:16.20.2-1.el9_0
npm	node	>=16.0.0 <16.20.1 \|\| >=18.0.0 <18.16.1 \|\| >=20.0.0 <20.3.1	16.20.1, 18.16.1, 20.3.1

Aliases

1. CVE-2023-305812. NVD-2023-305813. OSV-DEBIAN-2023-305814. OSV-2023-305815. GCVE-2023-305816. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2023-305817. https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/30xxx/CVE-2023-30581.json8. security.netapp.com

References

1. https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2023-security-releases

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