CVE-2023-32558
The use of the deprecated API `process.binding()` can bypass the permission model through path...
The use of the deprecated API process.binding() can bypass the permission model through path traversal.
This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental permission model in Node.js 20.x.
Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The use of the deprecated API process.binding() can bypass the permission model through path traversal.
This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental permission model in Node.js 20.x.
Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js.
- Record
CVE-2023-32558- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-03
CVE List No score
The use of the deprecated API process.binding() can bypass the permission model through path traversal.
This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental permission model in Node.js 20.x.
Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js.
- Record
CVE-2023-32558- Updated
- 2026-11-03
EUVDEUVD-2023-36802 No score
The use of the deprecated API process.binding() can bypass the permission model through path traversal.
This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental permission model in Node.js 20.x.
Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js.
- Record
EUVD-2023-36802- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h9p4-9jqg-j34h
The use of the deprecated API `process.binding()` can bypass the permission model through path...
The use of the deprecated API process.binding() can bypass the permission model through path traversal.
This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental permission model in Node.js 20.x.
Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js.
- Record
GHSA-h9p4-9jqg-j34h- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSVBIT-node-2023-32558 No score
The use of the deprecated API process.binding() can bypass the permission model through path traversal.
This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental permission model in Node.js 20.x.
Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js.
- Record
BIT-node-2023-32558- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-node-min-2023-32558 No score
The use of the deprecated API process.binding() can bypass the permission model through path traversal.
This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental permission model in Node.js 20.x.
Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js.
- Record
BIT-node-min-2023-32558- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
The use of the deprecated API process.binding() can bypass the permission model through path traversal.
This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental permission model in Node.js 20.x.
Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js.
- Record
CVE-2023-32558- Updated
- 2026-11-04
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13117-1 No score
corepack20-20.5.1-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the corepack20-20.5.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13117-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | OSV | |
| facts | GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV | |
| products | EUVD | |
| references | CVE List, GitHub Advisories | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-32558 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Nodejs Node, published September 12, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.74%, the 77th percentile. Fixed in node 20.5.1.