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CVE-2023-23918

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Date: February 23, 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.

Language: JS

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Related Resources (7)

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2023-23918
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23918
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23918
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-23918
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-23918

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Incorrect Authorization

CWE-863

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

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