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ALPINE-CVE-2023-32559
ALPINE-CVE-2023-32559
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: 16.x, 18.x and, 20.x. The use of the deprecated API `process.binding()` can bypass the policy mechanism by requiring internal modules and eventually take advantage of `process.binding('spawn_sync')` run arbitrary code, outside of the limits defined in a `policy.json` file. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy is an experimental feature of Node.js.
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.18 | nodejs | 14.15.3-r0, 8.11.4-r0, 16.14.2-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | nodejs | 16.14.2-r1, 10.15.1-r0, 10.13.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | nodejs | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | nodejs | 8.9.4-r0, 12.13.0-r1, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | nodejs | 14.17.4-r0, 14.17.3-r0, 14.17.2-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | nodejs | 14.17.6-r0, 16.13.2-r1, 16.14.2-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | nodejs | 6.11.1-r0, 8.11.3-r2, 8.11.3-r3 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | nodejs | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | nodejs | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Aug 24, 2023 CVE Published
- Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch