CVE catalog
CVE-2023-32559
nodejs: CVE-2023-32559
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.80% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | nodejs | sid | 24.22.1+dfsg+~cs24.19.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | nodejs | forky | 24.21.0+dfsg+~cs24.13.4-1 | fixed |
| Debian | nodejs | trixie | 20.19.2+dfsg-1+deb13u2 | fixed |
| Debian | nodejs | trixie-security | 20.19.2+dfsg-1+deb13u3 | fixed |
| Debian | nodejs | bookworm | 18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2 | fixed |
| Debian | nodejs | bookworm-security | 18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u3 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.15 | 16.20.2-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.16 | 16.20.2-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.17 | 18.17.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.18 | 18.17.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.19 | 18.17.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.20 | 18.17.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.21 | 18.17.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.22 | 18.17.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.23 | 18.17.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.24 | 18.17.1-r0 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.5~dfsg-5ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.7~dfsg-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.7~dfsg-2ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | nodejs | source | sid | 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1050739] |
| Debian | nodejs | source | forky | 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1050739] |
| Debian | nodejs | source | trixie | 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1050739] |
| Debian | nodejs | source | bookworm | 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1050739] |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.15 | 16.20.2-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-32559 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.16 | 16.20.2-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-32559 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.17 | 18.17.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-32559 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.18 | 18.17.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-32559 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.19 | 18.17.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-32559 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.20 | 18.17.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-32559 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.21 | 18.17.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-32559 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.22 | 18.17.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-32559 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.23 | 18.17.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-32559 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.24 | 18.17.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-32559 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | deb | 22.04 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-32559 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5532]
- [https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-943925.json]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2023_5360.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2023-32559]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32559]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-32559]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-32559]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-2917.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [CISA cybersecurity advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]