Vulnerability · Published Sep 12, 2023 · Assigned by hackerone

CVE-2023-32558

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw 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 1.7% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The use of the deprecated API `process.binding()` can bypass the permission model through path traversal. This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental permission model in Node.js 20.x. 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.*

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