CVE-2023-32559
Published: 24 August 2023
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.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
---|---|---|
nodejs Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
focal |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
jammy |
Needed
|
|
lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
|
|
mantic |
Needs triage
|
|
noble |
Needs triage
|
|
trusty |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.5 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | High |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/august-2023-security-releases#permissions-policies-can-be-bypassed-via-processbinding-mediumcve-2023-32559
- https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d4570fae358693b8f7fec05294b9bb92a966226d (v18.x)
- https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4aa0eff787c14f14a239cf2f44bf751a0151e3eb (main)
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32559
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian