Medium severity · published Feb 23, 2023
CVE-2023-23920
An untrusted search path vulnerability exists in Node.js
4.2
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An untrusted search path vulnerability exists in Node.js. <19.6.1, <18.14.1, <16.19.1, and <14.21.3 that could allow an attacker to search and potentially load ICU data when running with elevated privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
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-2023-23920
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23920
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00038.html
Patch
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/
www.debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5395
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