Description
The use of `Module._load()` can bypass the policy mechanism and require modules outside of the policy.json definition for a given module. This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: 16.x, 18.x and, 20.x. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy is an experimental feature of Node.js.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
- nodejs / node11.0 – 11.*
- nodejs / node12.0 – 12.*
- nodejs / node13.0 – 13.*
- nodejs / node14.0 – 14.*
- nodejs / node15.0 – 15.*
- nodejs / node4.0 – 4.*
- nodejs / node5.0 – 5.*
- nodejs / node6.0 – 6.*
- nodejs / node7.0 – 7.*
- nodejs / node8.0 – 8.*
- nodejs / node9.0 – 9.*
- nodejs / node10.0 – 10.*
- nodejs / node16.0 – 16.20.2
- nodejs / node17.0 – 17.*
- nodejs / node18.0 – 18.17.1
- nodejs / node19.0 – 19.*
- nodejs / node20.0 – 20.5.1