CVE search · CVE-2023-23918
CVE-2023-23918
high 7.5
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.
Details
- Status
- Modified
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- support@hackerone.com
- Weakness
- CWE-863
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | high 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
nvd@nist.govPrimary |
| CVSS 3.1 | high 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary |
Affected products
Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.
- nodejs · node.js
References
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/PatchVendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/PatchVendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/