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 3.1
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:12 | nodejs | 18.19.0+dfsg-5, 18.19.0+dfsg-3, 18.19.0+dfsg-4 |
| Debian:13 | nodejs | 0 |
| Debian:14 | nodejs | 0 |
Timeline
- Aug 24, 2023 CVE Published
- Oct 26, 2026 CVE Updated