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Red Hat: CVE-2023-32006: Permissions policies can impersonate other modules in using module.constructor.createRequire() (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:N) | Aug 15, 2023 | Sep 27, 2023 | Sep 15, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:N)
Published
Aug 15, 2023
Added
Sep 27, 2023
Modified
Sep 15, 2025
Description
The use of `module.constructor.createRequire()` 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.
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