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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-30581: Vulnerability in Nodejs

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-30581: Vulnerability in Nodejs

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/22/2023
Created
03/22/2024
Added
03/21/2024
Modified
03/22/2024

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

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-nodejs

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