CVE-2023-23918

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization7 documents7 sources

Severity

7.5HIGH

EPSS

0.0%

top 94.52%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Nodejs Node Nodejs Node.js

Timeline

PublishedFeb 23

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5nodejs/node4.0 — 4.*+15

▶NVDnodejs/node.js14.0.0 — 14.21.3+6

▶Debiannodejs< 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1+2

Patches

Patch: nodejs.org ↗Patch: nodejs.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

OSV

CVE-2023-23918: A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Node↗2023-02-23

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GHSA

GHSA-33p5-m25c-cp6w: A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Node↗2023-02-23

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CVEList

CVE-2023-23918: A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Node↗2023-02-23

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📋Vendor Advisories

Red Hat

Node.js: Permissions policies can be bypassed via process.mainModule↗2023-02-16

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Microsoft

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) fea↗2023-02-14

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Debian

CVE-2023-23918: nodejs - A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Node.js <19.6.1, <18.14.1, <16.19...↗2023

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