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.
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Advisories
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Debian DLA |
DLA-3886-1 | nodejs security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-5589-1 | nodejs security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2023-36803 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6822-1 | Node.js vulnerabilities |
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Solution
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Workaround
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History
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-269 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:nodejs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: hackerone
Published:
Updated: 2025-07-01T13:55:46.939Z
Reserved: 2023-05-10T01:00:12.523Z
Link: CVE-2023-32559
Updated: 2024-08-02T15:18:37.607Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2023-08-24T02:15:09.210
Modified: 2025-07-01T14:15:28.967
Link: CVE-2023-32559
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
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