{"answers":{"affected":"2 open source packages ship an affected version, including node and node-min. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23918 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade node to a fixed version for your release line: 14.21.3, 16.19.1, 18.14.1 or 19.6.1.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-23918 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23918 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- node (Bitnami): affected from 14.0.0; fixed in 14.21.3, 16.19.1, 18.14.1, 19.6.1\n- node-min (Bitnami): affected from 14.0.0; fixed in 14.21.3, 16.19.1, 18.14.1, 19.6.1\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23918/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23918/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-23918","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23918/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-23918","record":{"aliases":["ALPINE-CVE-2023-23918","AZL-13776","BIT-node-2023-23918","BIT-node-min-2023-23918","CLEANSTART-2026-AC75474","CLEANSTART-2026-WO62953","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23918","GHSA-33p5-m25c-cp6w"],"analysis":{"component_type":"library","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Node.js runtime","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can bypass Node.js experimental permissions to access unauthorized modules, requiring the experimental policy feature to be enabled.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"security_feature_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"hackerone","cpe":[{"product":"node.js","vendor":"nodejs"}],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-863","name":"Incorrect Authorization"}],"description":"A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Node.js \u003c19.6.1, \u003c18.14.1, \u003c16.19.1 and \u003c14.21.3 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.","ecosystems":["Bitnami"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Security feature bypass in Node","id":"CVE-2023-23918","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","product":"nodejs:node.js","products":["nodejs:node.js"],"type":"security_feature_bypass","year":"2023"},"n_packages":2,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Denial of service in Node","id":"CVE-2023-23919"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","fixed":["14.21.3","16.19.1","18.14.1","19.6.1"],"introduced":["14.0.0","16.0.0","18.0.0","19.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"node","purl":"pkg:bitnami/node","source":"BIT-node-2023-23918"},{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","fixed":["14.21.3","16.19.1","18.14.1","19.6.1"],"introduced":["14.0.0","16.0.0","18.0.0","19.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"node-min","purl":"pkg:bitnami/node-min","source":"BIT-node-min-2023-23918"}],"prev":{"headline":"Code injection in Rocket.chat","id":"CVE-2023-23917"},"products":["Node"],"published":"2023-02-23","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Security feature bypass in Node","id":"CVE-2023-32002","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-08-21"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Integer overflow in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-6303","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2016-09-16"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Security feature bypass in Node.js","id":"CVE-2017-15896","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-12-11"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Server-side request forgery in Node.js","id":"CVE-2018-7160","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-05-17"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Misconfiguration in Node.js","id":"CVE-2018-12120","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-11-28"},{"cvss_score":7.9,"headline":"Path traversal in Node","id":"CVE-2024-21891","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-20"},{"cvss_score":7.9,"headline":"Path traversal in Node","id":"CVE-2024-21896","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-20"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"Bitnami","prefix":"BIT"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-05-08","vendors":["NodeJS"]},"summary":"Attackers can bypass Node.js experimental permissions to access unauthorized modules, requiring the experimental policy feature to be enabled.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23918/"}