CVE-2023-23918 Security feature bypass in Node

What is CVE-2023-23918?

CVE-2023-23918 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node.js, published on 23 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23918?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including node and node-min. It affects 1 product.

Products include Nodejs Node.js.

How do I fix CVE-2023-23918?

Upgrade node to a fixed version for your release line: 14.21.3, 16.19.1, 18.14.1 or 19.6.1.

Is CVE-2023-23918 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23918 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Nodejs Node.js

• CVE-2023-32002 Security feature bypass in Node Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-6303 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-15896 Security feature bypass in Node.js Critical 9.1
• CVE-2018-7160 Server-side request forgery in Node.js High 8.8
• CVE-2018-12120 Misconfiguration in Node.js High 8.1

All Nodejs Node.js vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2023-23918, AZL-13776, BIT-node-2023-23918, BIT-node-min-2023-23918, CLEANSTART-2026-AC75474, CLEANSTART-2026-WO62953 and 2 more.