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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-32002: Vulnerability in Nodejs

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-32002: Vulnerability in Nodejs

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/21/2023
Created
04/09/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
04/09/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-nodejs

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