Description
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.
Published: 2023-08-24
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3886-1 nodejs security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5589-1 nodejs security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-36803 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6822-1 Node.js vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:30:00 +0000

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References

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00036}

epss

{'score': 0.00039}


Thu, 03 Oct 2024 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Nodejs nodejs
Weaknesses CWE-269
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:nodejs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nodejs nodejs
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Nodejs Node.js Nodejs
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T16:10:11.750Z

Reserved: 2023-05-10T01:00:12.523Z

Link: CVE-2023-32559

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T16:10:11.750Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-24T02:15:09.210

Modified: 2025-11-04T17:15:37.250

Link: CVE-2023-32559

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-08-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-32559 - Bugzilla

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