Description
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.
Published: 2023-02-23
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5589-1 nodejs security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-28000 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.
History

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Nodejs Node.js
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus Rhel Software Collections
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-08T16:15:23.012Z

Reserved: 2023-01-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-23918

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:42:27.095Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-23T20:15:13.920

Modified: 2025-05-08T17:16:00.237

Link: CVE-2023-23918

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-02-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-23918 - Bugzilla

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