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Vulnerability details: VCID-ms71-9s9s-kyf7
Vulnerability ID VCID-ms71-9s9s-kyf7
Aliases CVE-2023-30581
Summary 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
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-30581.json
epss 0.00012 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30581
epss 0.00012 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30581
epss 0.00012 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30581
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30581
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30581
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30581
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30581
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30581
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30581
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30581
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30581
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30581
epss 0.00014 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30581
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2023-security-releases
ssvc Track https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2023-security-releases
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30581
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-30581.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30581
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-30581
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1039990 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1039990
2219824 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219824
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
CVE-2023-30581 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30581
june-2023-security-releases https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2023-security-releases
RHSA-2023:4330 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4330
RHSA-2023:4331 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4331
RHSA-2023:4536 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4536
RHSA-2023:4537 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4537
RHSA-2023:5361 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5361
RHSA-2023:5533 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5533
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-30581.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2023-security-releases
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-05T14:18:07Z/ Found at https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2023-security-releases
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30581
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.01227
EPSS Score 0.00012
Published At Aug. 1, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T09:32:14.062132+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2023/30xxx/CVE-2023-30581.json 37.0.0