This module provides a selection plugin for entity references that allows users to reference unpublished nodes without needing the "bypass node access" permission. This offers a more granular approach to access control for referencing content.
Drupal core's entity reference selection plugin for nodes only allows referencing unpublished nodes if the logged in user has the "bypass node access" permission. This is a very powerful permission that you may not want to give to your editors. This module provides an alternate entity reference selection plugin that does not require that permission for referencing unpublished nodes.
Once https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/2845144 has been merged to core, this module may be deprecated.