CVE-2023-23918
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=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
- 2023-02-23T00:00:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-01T11:53:38.656103234Z
- Severity
-
- 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.
- Database specific
{ "cna_assigner": "hackerone", "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/23xxx/CVE-2023-23918.json", "unresolved_ranges": [ { "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "4.0" }, { "fixed": "4.*" }, { "introduced": "5.0" }, { "fixed": "5.*" }, { "introduced": "6.0" }, { "fixed": "6.*" }, { "introduced": "7.0" }, { "fixed": "7.*" }, { "introduced": "8.0" }, { "fixed": "8.*" }, { "introduced": "9.0" }, { "fixed": "9.*" }, { "introduced": "10.0" }, { "fixed": "10.*" }, { "introduced": "11.0" }, { "fixed": "11.*" }, { "introduced": "12.0" }, { "fixed": "12.*" }, { "introduced": "13.0" }, { "fixed": "13.*" }, { "introduced": "14.0" }, { "fixed": "14.21.3" }, { "introduced": "15.0" }, { "fixed": "15.*" }, { "introduced": "16.0" }, { "fixed": "16.19.1" }, { "introduced": "17.0" }, { "fixed": "17.*" }, { "introduced": "18.0" }, { "fixed": "18.14.1" }, { "introduced": "19.0" }, { "fixed": "19.6.1" } ], "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD" } ] }- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/nodejs/node
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/nodejs/node
- Events
-
IntroducedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedFixed
- Database specific
{ "cpe": [ "cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "14.0.0" }, { "last_affected": "14.14.0" }, { "fixed": "14.21.3" }, { "introduced": "16.0.0" }, { "last_affected": "16.12.0" }, { "fixed": "16.19.1" }, { "introduced": "18.0.0" }, { "last_affected": "18.11.0" }, { "fixed": "18.14.1" }, { "introduced": "19.0.0" }, { "fixed": "19.6.1" } ], "source": "CPE_RANGE" }
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
v16.*
v16.0.0
v16.1.0
v16.10.0
v16.11.0
v16.11.1
v16.12.0
v16.13.0
v16.13.1
v16.13.2
v16.14.0
v16.14.1
v16.14.2
v16.15.0
v16.15.1
v16.16.0
v16.17.0
v16.17.1
v16.18.0
v16.18.1
v16.19.0
v16.2.0
v16.3.0
v16.4.0
v16.4.1
v16.4.2
v16.5.0
v16.6.0
v16.6.1
v16.6.2
v16.7.0
v16.8.0
v16.9.0
v16.9.1
v18.*
v18.0.0
v18.1.0
v18.10.0
v18.11.0
v18.12.0
v18.12.1
v18.13.0
v18.14.0
v18.2.0
v18.3.0
v18.4.0
v18.5.0
v18.6.0
v18.7.0
v18.8.0
v18.9.0
v18.9.1
v19.*
v19.0.0
v19.0.1
v19.1.0
v19.2.0
v19.3.0
v19.4.0
v19.5.0
v19.6.0