High severity · published Feb 23, 2023
CVE-2023-23918
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…
7.5
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NO
Node.js · Nodejs
14.0.0 through 14.14.0; 14.0.0 before 14.21.3; 16.0.0 through 16.12.0; 16.0.0 before 16.19.1; 18.0.0 through 18.11.0; 18.0.0 before 18.14.1; +1 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23918
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23918
Patch
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/
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