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CVE-2023-23918

Published: Feb 23, 2023Updated: May 8, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-863
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.0%
Top 20.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-863

Affected Products

Novell Inc.
commercial·US
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP ApplicationsOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
OpenSUSE LeapOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat 3scale API Management PlatformOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
NetApp Inc.
commercial·USaka netapp
ONTAP Tools for VMware vSphere
Hardware Firmware
Brocade SAN Navigator (SANnav)
Hardware Firmware
NodeJS
oss-project·USaka node.js, node
Node
OSS Libraries
node.jsLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023031610&#13;
cybersecurity-help.cz
https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/af9140088621abd09016848f4526d66b7a81b9ba&#13;
github.com
https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9b7db62276e4a9c97aedf91daf38bf7b7d23fee4&#13;
github.com
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