CVE-2023-32559 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2023-32559: A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: 16.x, 18.x and, 20.x. The use of the deprecated API `process.binding()` can bypass the policy mechanism by requiring internal modules and eventually take advantage of `process.binding('spawn

Affects 8 Linux releases across 8 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2023-32559 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

nodejs→ fixed in12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u5urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nodejs
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

nodejs→ fixed in18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nodejs
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

nodejs→ fixed in18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nodejs
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

nodejs→ fixed in18.17.1-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade nodejs
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

nodejs→ fixed in18.17.1-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade nodejs
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

nodejs→ fixed in18.17.1-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade nodejs
```

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

nodejs→ fixed in18.17.1-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade nodejs
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

nodejs→ fixed in18.17.1-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade nodejs
```

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