CVE-2023-23918
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23918
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-23918.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-23918
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2023-02-23T20:15:13Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-08T14:07:05.334034Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/nodejs/node
Affected versions
v14.*
v14.0.0
v14.1.0
v14.10.0
v14.10.1
v14.11.0
v14.12.0
v14.13.0
v14.13.1
v14.14.0
v14.15.0
v14.15.1
v14.15.2
v14.15.3
v14.15.4
v14.15.5
v14.16.0
v14.16.1
v14.17.0
v14.17.1
v14.17.2
v14.17.3
v14.17.4
v14.17.5
v14.17.6
v14.18.0
v14.18.1
v14.18.2
v14.18.3
v14.19.0
v14.19.1
v14.19.2
v14.19.3
v14.2.0
v14.20.0
v14.20.1
v14.21.0
v14.21.1
v14.21.2
v14.3.0
v14.4.0
v14.5.0
v14.6.0
v14.7.0
v14.8.0
v14.9.0