Vulnerability · Published Sep 7, 2024 · Assigned by hackerone

CVE-2023-30583

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity improper access control in Node from NodeJS. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

fs.openAsBlob() can bypass the experimental permission model when using the file system read restriction with the `--allow-fs-read` flag in Node.js 20. This flaw arises from a missing check in the `fs.openAsBlob()` API. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
NodeJS Node 4.0 – before 4.*5.0 – before 5.*6.0 – before 6.*7.0 – before 7.*8.0 – before 8.*9.0 – before 9.*10.0 – before 10.*11.0 – before 11.*

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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