DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23920

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-23920
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23920.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23920
Upstream
Published
2023-02-23T20:15:14.047Z
Modified
2025-11-20T10:16:31.583640Z
Severity
  • 4.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An untrusted search path vulnerability exists in Node.js. <19.6.1, <18.14.1, <16.19.1, and <14.21.3 that could allow an attacker to search and potentially load ICU data when running with elevated privileges.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / nodejs

Package

Name
nodejs
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nodejs?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4

Affected versions

12.*

12.21.0~dfsg-5
12.22.4~dfsg-1
12.22.5~dfsg-1
12.22.5~dfsg-2~11u1
12.22.5~dfsg-2
12.22.5~dfsg-3
12.22.5~dfsg-4
12.22.5~dfsg-5
12.22.5~dfsg-6
12.22.5~dfsg-7
12.22.7~dfsg-1
12.22.7~dfsg-2
12.22.9~dfsg-1
12.22.10~dfsg-1
12.22.10~dfsg-2
12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u1
12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u2
12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23920.json"

Debian:12 / nodejs

Package

Name
nodejs
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nodejs?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1

Affected versions

18.*

18.13.0+dfsg1-1
18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1
18.19.0+dfsg-1
18.19.0+dfsg-2
18.19.0+dfsg-3
18.19.0+dfsg-4
18.19.0+dfsg-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23920.json"

Debian:13 / nodejs

Package

Name
nodejs
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nodejs?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23920.json"

Debian:14 / nodejs

Package

Name
nodejs
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nodejs?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23920.json"