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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 22, 2023· Updated Nov 3, 2025

CVE-2023-30581

CVE-2023-30581

Description

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

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