CVE-2023-32558

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.13 BB Relevance: 75/100
Published: 2023-09-12 Modified: 2026-11-02 First seen: 2026-11-02 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: High
A: None

Description

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (16)

VendorProductVersion
NodeJS Node 4.0 < 4.*
NodeJS Node 5.0 < 5.*
NodeJS Node 6.0 < 6.*
NodeJS Node 7.0 < 7.*
NodeJS Node 8.0 < 8.*
NodeJS Node 9.0 < 9.*
NodeJS Node 10.0 < 10.*
NodeJS Node 11.0 < 11.*
NodeJS Node 12.0 < 12.*
NodeJS Node 13.0 < 13.*
NodeJS Node 14.0 < 14.*
NodeJS Node 15.0 < 15.*
NodeJS Node 17.0 < 17.*
NodeJS Node 19.0 < 19.*
NodeJS Node 20.0 < 20.5.1
nodejs node.js 20.0.0 – 20.5.1

Bug Bounty Relevance

75 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

1.74%
Raw Score 0.017430
Percentile 77.9%
Date 2026-11-05

EPSS Trend

2026-11-05
0.01743
2026-11-04
0.01743
2026-11-03
0.01743
2026-11-02
0.01743

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
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