VDB
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32559
DEBIAN-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 |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | nodejs | 12.22.12, 12.22.10~dfsg-1, 12.22.10~dfsg-2 |
| Debian:12 | nodejs | *, 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1, 18.19.0+dfsg-1 |
| Debian:13 | nodejs | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:14 | nodejs | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Aug 24, 2023 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated