`require.resolve` regression starts from Node v12 with `paths`

### Version v20.19.2 ### Platform ```text Darwin MacBookPro 24.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.5.0: Tue Apr 22 19:54:49 PDT 2025; root:xnu-11417.121.6~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64 ``` ### Subsystem _No response_ ### What steps will reproduce the bug? https://github.com/JounQin/test/tree/repro/node_require_resolve_paths Simply run `node test.js` On node 10: ```log `resolve` npm package: <CWD>/fixtures/bar.js `require.resolve` built-in function: <CWD>/fixtures/bar.js ``` ### How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition? Persist ### What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior? There is a related old issue #29139. ### What do you see instead? On node 12+, of course including Node LTS (20+) ```log `resolve` npm package: /Users/JounQin/Workspaces/GitHub/test/fixtures/bar.js node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1404 throw err; ^ Error: Cannot find module 'bar' Require stack: - <CWD>/test.js at Function._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1401:15) at Function.resolve (node:internal/modules/helpers:145:19) at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/JounQin/Workspaces/GitHub/test/test.js:16:11) at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1730:14) at Object..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1895:10) at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1465:32) at Function._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1282:12) at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:322:14) at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:235:24) at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:171:5) { code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND', requireStack: [ '<CWD>/test.js' ] } ``` ### Additional information I believe there is no reports because most projects use http://npmjs.com/resolve instead, and it behaviors same as Node 10-, and I'm trying to remove `resolve` as dependency, so I just met this issue at https://github.com/un-ts/eslint-plugin-import-x/pull/272#issuecomment-2915145…