7.5
High
CVE-2023-23918 A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in…
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 products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Node 19.0 | 19.0 → < 19.6.1 | 19.6.1 |
| Node 18.0 | 18.0 → < 18.14.1 | 18.14.1 |
| Node 17.0 | 17.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| Node 16.0 | 16.0 → < 16.19.1 | 16.19.1 |
| Node 15.0 | 15.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| Node 14.0 | 14.0 → < 14.21.3 | 14.21.3 |
| Node 13.0 | 13.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| Node 12.0 | 12.0 → latest | No fix stated |
| Node 11.0 | 11.0 → latest | No fix stated |
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