CVE-2023-30581
Node.js 16 and 2 others: Missing Authorization
CVE-2023-30581 is fixed in 16 products on 2 platforms, first by Node.js 16 16.20.1, released June 20, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
HighFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
7.5
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0105
64th percentile
The use of __proto__ in process.mainModule.__proto__.require() can bypass the policy mechanism and require modules outside of the policy.json definition. This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: v16, v18 and, v20. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy is an experimental feature of Node.js
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows apps | |||
| Node.js 16 | 16.20.1 | Node.js 16 16.20.1 | Jun 20, 2023 |
| Node.js 18 | 18.16.1 | Node.js 18 18.16.1 | Jun 20, 2023 |
| Node.js 20 | 20.3.1 | Node.js 20 20.3.1 | Jun 20, 2023 |
| Linux | |||
| nodejs · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-30581 | Nov 23, 2023 |
| nodejs · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-30581 | Nov 23, 2023 |
| nodejs · Debian 14 | 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-30581 | Nov 23, 2023 |
| nodejs · RHEL 8 | 1:16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5 | RHSA-2023:4537 | Aug 8, 2023 |
| nodejs · RHEL 9 | 1:16.20.1-1.el9_2 | RHSA-2023:4331 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| nodejs · almalinux 8 | 1:16.20.1-1.module_el8.8.0+3594+e74fe53f | ALSA-2023:4537 | Aug 8, 2023 |
| nodejs · almalinux 9 | 1:16.20.1-1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:4331 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| nodejs · amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.7 | ALAS2023-2023-237 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| nodejs · ol 8 | 1:16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+21143+178952bb | ELSA-2023-4537 | Aug 10, 2023 |
| nodejs · ol 9 | 1:18.16.1-1.module+el9.2.0+21133+486db26c | ELSA-2023-4330 | Aug 2, 2023 |
| nodejs · rocky 8 | 1:18.16.1-1.module+el8.8.0+1413+a47876c7 | RLSA-2023:4536 | Oct 6, 2023 |
| nodejs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.7 | ALAS2023-2023-237 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| nodejs-debugsource · amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.7 | ALAS2023-2023-237 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| nodejs-devel · RHEL 8 | 1:16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5 | RHSA-2023:4537 | Aug 8, 2023 |
| nodejs-devel · RHEL 9 | 1:18.16.1-1.module+el9.2.0.z+19424+78951f07 | RHSA-2023:4330 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| nodejs-devel · almalinux 8 | 1:16.20.1-1.module_el8.8.0+3594+e74fe53f | ALSA-2023:4537 | Aug 8, 2023 |
| nodejs-devel · almalinux 9 | 1:18.16.1-1.module_el9.2.0+31+cbae0c8e | ALSA-2023:4330 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| nodejs-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.7 | ALAS2023-2023-237 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| nodejs-devel · ol 8 | 1:16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+21143+178952bb | ELSA-2023-4537 | Aug 10, 2023 |
| nodejs-devel · ol 9 | 1:18.16.1-1.module+el9.2.0+21133+486db26c | ELSA-2023-4330 | Aug 2, 2023 |
| nodejs-docs · RHEL 8 | 1:16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5 | RHSA-2023:4537 | Aug 8, 2023 |
| nodejs-docs · RHEL 9 | 1:16.20.1-1.el9_2 | RHSA-2023:4331 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| nodejs-docs · almalinux 8 | 1:16.20.1-1.module_el8.8.0+3594+e74fe53f | ALSA-2023:4537 | Aug 8, 2023 |
| nodejs-docs · almalinux 9 | 1:16.20.1-1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:4331 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| nodejs-docs · amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.7 | ALAS2023-2023-237 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| nodejs-docs · ol 8 | 1:16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+21143+178952bb | ELSA-2023-4537 | Aug 10, 2023 |
| nodejs-docs · ol 9 | 1:18.16.1-1.module+el9.2.0+21133+486db26c | ELSA-2023-4330 | Aug 2, 2023 |
| nodejs-full-i18n · RHEL 8 | 1:16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5 | RHSA-2023:4537 | Aug 8, 2023 |
| nodejs-full-i18n · RHEL 9 | 1:16.20.1-1.el9_2 | RHSA-2023:4331 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| nodejs-full-i18n · almalinux 8 | 1:16.20.1-1.module_el8.8.0+3594+e74fe53f | ALSA-2023:4537 | Aug 8, 2023 |
| nodejs-full-i18n · almalinux 9 | 1:16.20.1-1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:4331 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| nodejs-full-i18n · amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.7 | ALAS2023-2023-237 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| nodejs-full-i18n · ol 8 | 1:16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+21143+178952bb | ELSA-2023-4537 | Aug 10, 2023 |
| nodejs-full-i18n · ol 9 | 1:18.16.1-1.module+el9.2.0+21133+486db26c | ELSA-2023-4330 | Aug 2, 2023 |
| nodejs-libs · RHEL 9 | 1:16.20.1-1.el9_2 | RHSA-2023:4331 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| nodejs-libs · almalinux 9 | 1:16.20.1-1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:4331 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| nodejs-libs · amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.7 | ALAS2023-2023-237 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| nodejs-libs · ol 9 | 1:16.20.1-1.el9_2 | ELSA-2023-4331 | Aug 2, 2023 |
| nodejs-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.7 | ALAS2023-2023-237 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| nodejs-nodemon · RHEL 8 | 0:2.0.20-3.module+el8.8.0+19038+6f60344f | RHSA-2023:4537 | Aug 8, 2023 |
| nodejs-nodemon · RHEL 9 | 0:2.0.20-2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c | RHSA-2023:4330 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| nodejs-nodemon · almalinux 8 | 2.0.20-3.module_el8.8.0+3586+d4fc0b72 | ALSA-2023:4537 | Aug 8, 2023 |
| nodejs-nodemon · almalinux 9 | 2.0.20-2.module_el9.2.0+29+de583a0b | ALSA-2023:4330 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| nodejs-nodemon · ol 8 | 0:2.0.20-3.module+el8.8.0+21143+178952bb | ELSA-2023-4537 | Aug 10, 2023 |
| nodejs-nodemon · ol 9 | 0:2.0.20-2.module+el9.2.0+21038+115df6a2 | ELSA-2023-4330 | Aug 2, 2023 |
| nodejs-nodemon · rocky 8 | 0:2.0.20-2.module+el8.7.0+1177+510ae886 | RLSA-2023:4536 | Oct 6, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging · RHEL 8 | 0:25-1.module+el8.5.0+10992+fac5fe06 | RHSA-2023:4537 | Aug 8, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging · RHEL 9 | 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+15718+e52ec601 | RHSA-2023:4330 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging · almalinux 8 | 25-1.module_el8.5.0+2605+45d748af | ALSA-2023:4537 | Aug 8, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging · almalinux 9 | 2021.06-4.module_el9.1.0+13+d9a595ea | ALSA-2023:4330 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging · ol 8 | 0:25-1.module+el8.5.0+20388+4b61e68d | ELSA-2023-4537 | Aug 10, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging · ol 9 | 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+20762+f52d7401 | ELSA-2023-4330 | Aug 2, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging · rocky 8 | 0:2021.06-4.module+el8.7.0+1072+5b168780 | RLSA-2023:4536 | Oct 6, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging · rocky 9 | 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.7.0+40022+9ecc286c | RLSA-2023:4330 | Nov 8, 2026 |
| nodejs-packaging-bundler · RHEL 8 | 0:2021.06-4.module+el8.7.0+15582+19c314fa | RHSA-2023:4536 | Aug 8, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging-bundler · RHEL 9 | 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+15718+e52ec601 | RHSA-2023:4330 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging-bundler · almalinux 8 | 2021.06-4.module_el8.7.0+3343+ea2b7901 | ALSA-2023:4536 | Aug 8, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging-bundler · almalinux 9 | 2021.06-4.module_el9.1.0+13+d9a595ea | ALSA-2023:4330 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging-bundler · ol 8 | 0:2021.06-4.module+el8.7.0+20766+0a247725 | ELSA-2023-4536 | Aug 10, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging-bundler · ol 9 | 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+20762+f52d7401 | ELSA-2023-4330 | Aug 2, 2023 |
| npm · RHEL 8 | 1:8.19.4-1.16.20.1.1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5 | RHSA-2023:4537 | Aug 8, 2023 |
| npm · RHEL 9 | 1:8.19.4-1.16.20.1.1.el9_2 | RHSA-2023:4331 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| npm · almalinux 8 | 1:8.19.4-1.16.20.1.1.module_el8.8.0+3594+e74fe53f | ALSA-2023:4537 | Aug 8, 2023 |
| npm · almalinux 9 | 1:8.19.4-1.16.20.1.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:4331 | Jul 31, 2023 |
| npm · amzn 2023 | 1:8.19.2-1.18.12.1.1.amzn2023.0.7 | ALAS2023-2023-237 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| npm · ol 8 | 1:8.19.4-1.16.20.1.1.module+el8.8.0+21143+178952bb | ELSA-2023-4537 | Aug 10, 2023 |
| npm · ol 9 | 1:9.5.1-1.18.16.1.1.module+el9.2.0+21133+486db26c | ELSA-2023-4330 | Aug 2, 2023 |
| v8-devel · amzn 2023 | 2:10.2.154.15-1.18.12.1.1.amzn2023.0.7 | ALAS2023-2023-237 | Jul 5, 2023 |
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