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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

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11nodejs12.22.12, 12.22.10~dfsg-1, 12.22.10~dfsg-2
Debian:12nodejs*, 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1, 18.19.0+dfsg-1
Debian:13nodejs0, 0, 0
Debian:14nodejs0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Aug 24, 2023 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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