Overview
- 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.
- Source
- support@hackerone.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 9.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- CRITICAL
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
- CWE-288
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "F75B0DBB-A86A-4F14-8F4E-63ABA2DF1F35",
"versionEndIncluding": "16.20.1",
"versionStartIncluding": "16.0.0"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "686E16B9-C6B9-4EF8-9B0F-913203469EF8",
"versionEndIncluding": "18.17.0",
"versionStartIncluding": "18.0.0"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "15EAF008-AA6F-4A70-9FFA-F4EE4DE53E44",
"versionEndIncluding": "20.5.0",
"versionStartIncluding": "20.0.0"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]