fkie_cve-2023-23918
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2023-02-23 20:15
Modified
2025-05-08 17:16
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
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.
References
support@hackerone.comhttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/Patch, Vendor Advisory
support@hackerone.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
nodejs node.js *
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  "lastModified": "2025-05-08T17:16:00.237",
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