CVE-2023-23918
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2023
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
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.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Node
- Vendor
- NodeJS
- Product
- Node
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | affected | semver | 4.* | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.0 | affected | semver | 5.* | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.0 | affected | semver | 6.* | Unavailable | None listed |
| 7.0 | affected | semver | 7.* | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8.0 | affected | semver | 8.* | Unavailable | None listed |
| 9.0 | affected | semver | 9.* | Unavailable | None listed |
| 10.0 | affected | semver | 10.* | Unavailable | None listed |
| 11.0 | affected | semver | 11.* | Unavailable | None listed |
| 12.0 | affected | semver | 12.* | Unavailable | None listed |
| 13.0 | affected | semver | 13.* | Unavailable | None listed |
| 14.0 | affected | semver | 14.21.3 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 15.0 | affected | semver | 15.* | Unavailable | None listed |
| 16.0 | affected | semver | 16.19.1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 17.0 | affected | semver | 17.* | Unavailable | None listed |
| 18.0 | affected | semver | 18.14.1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 19.0 | affected | semver | 19.6.1 | Unavailable | None listed |