BIT-node-2023-23918

Import Source

https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/node/BIT-node-2023-23918.json

Aliases

• CVE-2023-23918

Published

2024-03-06T11:02:19.960Z

Modified

2024-03-06T11:25:28.861Z

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

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