VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-23918

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.02%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-02-23
Last modified2026-10-24
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

Primary references