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CVE-2023-23918

Published: 23 February 2023

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
nodejs
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal Not vulnerable
(code not present)
jammy Not vulnerable
(code not present)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
mantic Needed

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N