CVE-2023-23918

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.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-863, CWE-863

References

• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/
• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/