The use of module.constructor.createRequire() can bypass the policy mechanism and require modules outside of the policy.json definition for a given module.
This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: 16.x, 18.x, and, 20.x.
Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy is an experimental feature of Node.js.
{
"versions": [
{
"introduced": "16.0.0"
},
{
"last_affected": "16.20.1"
},
{
"introduced": "18.0.0"
},
{
"last_affected": "18.17.0"
},
{
"introduced": "20.0.0"
},
{
"last_affected": "20.5.0"
}
]
}