DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23918

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-23918
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23918.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23918
Upstream
Published
2023-02-23T20:15:13Z
Modified
2025-09-25T23:28:30.939125Z
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

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

Debian:12 / nodejs

Package

Name
nodejs
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nodejs?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1

Affected versions

18.*

18.13.0+dfsg1-1
18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1
18.19.0+dfsg-1
18.19.0+dfsg-2
18.19.0+dfsg-3
18.19.0+dfsg-4
18.19.0+dfsg-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / nodejs

Package

Name
nodejs
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nodejs?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
18.19.0+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / nodejs

Package

Name
nodejs
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nodejs?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
18.19.0+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}