Bug 1214150 (CVE-2023-32002)

Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2023-32002: nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via Module._load
Product:	[Novell Products] SUSE Security Incidents	Reporter:	Carlos López <carlos.lopez>
Component:	Incidents	Assignee:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P3 - Medium	CC:	security-team
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/374907/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2023-32002:6.5:(AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H)
Found By:	Security Response Team	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description Carlos López 2023-08-10 12:03:01 UTC

CVE-2023-32002

The use of Module._load() can bypass the policy mechanism and require modules outside of the policy.json definition for a given module. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy mechanism is an experimental feature of Node.js. This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: 16.x, 18.x and, 20.x.

Security Advisory:
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/august-2023-security-releases#permissions-policies-can-be-bypassed-via-module_load-highcve-2023-32002

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2023-32002
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2230948

Comment 1 Carlos López 2023-08-10 12:39:26 UTC

If I understand correctly the experimental policy mechanism was introduced in 11.8:
https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25687

So the following would be affected:
- SUSE:SLE-12:Update/nodejs12
- SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update/nodejs12
- SUSE:SLE-12-SP4:Update/nodejs14
- SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update/nodejs14
- SUSE:SLE-12-SP5:Update/nodejs16
- SUSE:SLE-15-SP3:Update/nodejs16
- SUSE:SLE-15-SP4:Update/nodejs16
- SUSE:SLE-12-SP5:Update/nodejs18
- SUSE:SLE-15-SP4:Update/nodejs18
- SUSE:ALP:Source:Standard:1.0/nodejs18
- openSUSE:Factory/nodejs20

Comment 2 OBSbugzilla Bot 2023-08-10 15:55:03 UTC

This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (1214150) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1103349 Factory / nodejs20

Comment 5 Maintenance Automation 2023-08-14 12:30:07 UTC

SUSE-SU-2023:3306-1: An update that solves six vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1212574, 1212582, 1212583, 1214150, 1214154, 1214156
CVE References: CVE-2023-30581, CVE-2023-30589, CVE-2023-30590, CVE-2023-32002, CVE-2023-32006, CVE-2023-32559
Sources used:
Web and Scripting Module 12 (src): nodejs14-14.21.3-6.46.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.

Comment 6 Maintenance Automation 2023-08-18 12:30:08 UTC

SUSE-SU-2023:3356-1: An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1214150, 1214154, 1214156
CVE References: CVE-2023-32002, CVE-2023-32006, CVE-2023-32559
Sources used:
Web and Scripting Module 12 (src): nodejs18-18.17.1-8.12.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.

Comment 7 Maintenance Automation 2023-08-18 12:30:12 UTC

SUSE-SU-2023:3355-1: An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1214150, 1214154, 1214156
CVE References: CVE-2023-32002, CVE-2023-32006, CVE-2023-32559
Sources used:
Web and Scripting Module 12 (src): nodejs16-16.20.2-8.33.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.

Comment 10 Maintenance Automation 2023-08-22 20:30:07 UTC

SUSE-SU-2023:3379-1: An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1214150, 1214154, 1214156
CVE References: CVE-2023-32002, CVE-2023-32006, CVE-2023-32559
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (src): nodejs16-16.20.2-150400.3.24.1
Web and Scripting Module 15-SP4 (src): nodejs16-16.20.2-150400.3.24.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.

Comment 11 Maintenance Automation 2023-08-22 20:30:09 UTC

SUSE-SU-2023:3378-1: An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1214150, 1214154, 1214156
CVE References: CVE-2023-32002, CVE-2023-32006, CVE-2023-32559
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (src): nodejs18-18.17.1-150400.9.12.1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 (src): nodejs18-18.17.1-150400.9.12.1
Web and Scripting Module 15-SP4 (src): nodejs18-18.17.1-150400.9.12.1
Web and Scripting Module 15-SP5 (src): nodejs18-18.17.1-150400.9.12.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.

Comment 12 Maintenance Automation 2023-08-23 20:30:04 UTC

SUSE-SU-2023:3408-1: An update that solves six vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1212574, 1212582, 1212583, 1214150, 1214154, 1214156
CVE References: CVE-2023-30581, CVE-2023-30589, CVE-2023-30590, CVE-2023-32002, CVE-2023-32006, CVE-2023-32559
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (src): nodejs14-14.21.3-150200.15.49.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (src): nodejs14-14.21.3-150200.15.49.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3 (src): nodejs14-14.21.3-150200.15.49.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (src): nodejs14-14.21.3-150200.15.49.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (src): nodejs14-14.21.3-150200.15.49.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3 (src): nodejs14-14.21.3-150200.15.49.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (src): nodejs14-14.21.3-150200.15.49.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 (src): nodejs14-14.21.3-150200.15.49.1
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (src): nodejs14-14.21.3-150200.15.49.1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (src): nodejs14-14.21.3-150200.15.49.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.

Comment 13 Maintenance Automation 2023-08-23 20:30:20 UTC

SUSE-SU-2023:3400-1: An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1214150, 1214154, 1214156
CVE References: CVE-2023-32002, CVE-2023-32006, CVE-2023-32559
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3 (src): nodejs16-16.20.2-150300.7.27.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (src): nodejs16-16.20.2-150300.7.27.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3 (src): nodejs16-16.20.2-150300.7.27.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 (src): nodejs16-16.20.2-150300.7.27.2
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (src): nodejs16-16.20.2-150300.7.27.2
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (src): nodejs16-16.20.2-150300.7.27.2

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.

Comment 14 Maintenance Automation 2023-08-28 16:30:15 UTC

SUSE-SU-2023:3455-1: An update that solves seven vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1208481, 1212574, 1212582, 1212583, 1214150, 1214154, 1214156
CVE References: CVE-2023-23918, CVE-2023-30581, CVE-2023-30589, CVE-2023-30590, CVE-2023-32002, CVE-2023-32006, CVE-2023-32559
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 (src): nodejs12-12.22.12-150200.4.50.1
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 (src): nodejs12-12.22.12-150200.4.50.1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (src): nodejs12-12.22.12-150200.4.50.1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 (src): nodejs12-12.22.12-150200.4.50.1
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (src): nodejs12-12.22.12-150200.4.50.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (src): nodejs12-12.22.12-150200.4.50.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3 (src): nodejs12-12.22.12-150200.4.50.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (src): nodejs12-12.22.12-150200.4.50.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (src): nodejs12-12.22.12-150200.4.50.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3 (src): nodejs12-12.22.12-150200.4.50.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (src): nodejs12-12.22.12-150200.4.50.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.

Comment 17 Carlos López 2023-11-16 11:25:09 UTC

Done, closing.