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CVE-2023-32559

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…

Severity
High 7.5
Published
24 Aug 2023
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Node.jsServers and applications · cpe:a:nodejs:node.js
  • From 16.0.0 up to 16.20.1
  • From 18.0.0 up to 18.17.0
  • From 20.0.0 up to 20.5.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32559
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32559