The use of Module._load() can bypass the policy mechanism and require modules outside of the policy.json definition for a given module.
This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: 16.x, 18.x and, 20.x.
Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy is an experimental feature of Node.js.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Node.js | Nodejs | 16.0.0 (including) | 16.20.1 (including) |
| Node.js | Nodejs | 18.0.0 (including) | 18.17.0 (including) |
| Node.js | Nodejs | 20.0.0 (including) | 20.5.0 (including) |