HIGH 7.5 Microsoft
CVE-2023-23918
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.
Microsoft Security Update 2023-Feb: 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.
Affected Products
- cm1 nodejs 14.21.3-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0
- cbl2 nodejs 16.19.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23918
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23918
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 was published on 2023-02-14 via Microsoft. Affected: cm1 nodejs 14.21.3-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0, cbl2 nodejs 16.19.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0.
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