UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23918

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-23918
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23918.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23918
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:54:21Z
Published
2023-02-23T20:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:57:28.801774Z
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
  • 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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / nodejs

Package

Name
nodejs
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs@18.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu4?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
18.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu4

Affected versions

18.*

18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

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            "binary_version": "18.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu4",
            "binary_name": "libnode-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "18.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu4",
            "binary_name": "libnode108"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "18.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu4",
            "binary_name": "libnode108-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "18.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu4",
            "binary_name": "nodejs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "18.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu4",
            "binary_name": "nodejs-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "18.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu4",
            "binary_name": "nodejs-doc"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}