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CVE-2023-23918
published 2023-02-23

CVE-2023-23918: A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Node.js <19.6.1, <18.14.1, <16.19.1 and <14.21.3 that made it possible to bypass the experimental Permissions…

high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Node.js <19.6.1, <18.14.1, <16.19.1 and <14.21.3 that made it possible to bypass the experimental Permissions (https://nodejs.org/api/permissions.html) feature in Node.js and access non authorized modules by using process.mainModule.require(). This only affects users who had enabled the experimental permissions option with --experimental-policy.

Affected

33 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiannodejs< nodejs 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1 (bookworm)nodejs 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1 (bookworm)
msrccbl2_nodejs_16.19.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl_mariner_1.0_arm
msrccbl_mariner_1.0_x64
msrccbl_mariner_2.0_arm
msrccbl_mariner_2.0_x64
msrccm1_nodejs_14.21.3-1_on_cbl_mariner_1.0
nodejsnode>= 10.0 < 10.*10.*
nodejsnode>= 11.0 < 11.*11.*
nodejsnode>= 12.0 < 12.*12.*
nodejsnode>= 13.0 < 13.*13.*
nodejsnode>= 14.0 < 14.21.314.21.3
nodejsnode>= 15.0 < 15.*15.*
nodejsnode>= 16.0 < 16.19.116.19.1
nodejsnode>= 17.0 < 17.*17.*
nodejsnode>= 18.0 < 18.14.118.14.1
nodejsnode>= 19.0 < 19.6.119.6.1
nodejsnode>= 4.0 < 4.*4.*
nodejsnode>= 5.0 < 5.*5.*
nodejsnode>= 6.0 < 6.*6.*
nodejsnode>= 7.0 < 7.*7.*
nodejsnode>= 8.0 < 8.*8.*
nodejsnode>= 9.0 < 9.*9.*
nodejsnode.js>= 14.0.0 < 14.21.314.21.3
nodejsnode.js14.0.0 – 14.14.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
osv7.5HIGH