Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-23918 - Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Nodejs Node.Js

CVSS 7.5 - HIGH

Attack vector

NETWORK

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

HIGH

Integrity impact

NONE

Availability impact

NONE

network

low complexity

nodejs

CWE-863

NVD

Published: 2023-02-23

Updated: 2023-03-16

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Nodejs Nodejs Node.Js 14.8.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.9.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.10.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.10.1 Nodejs Node.Js 14.11.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.12.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.13.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.13.1 Nodejs Node.Js 14.14.0 Nodejs Node.Js 16.4.0 Nodejs Node.Js 16.4.1 Nodejs Node.Js 16.4.2 Nodejs Node.Js 16.5.0 Nodejs Node.Js 16.7.0 Nodejs Node.Js 16.8.0 Nodejs Node.Js 16.9.0 Nodejs Node.Js 16.9.1 Nodejs Node.Js 16.10.0 Nodejs Node.Js 16.11.0 Nodejs Node.Js 16.11.1 Nodejs Node.Js 16.12.0 Nodejs Node.Js 18.0.0 Nodejs Node.Js 18.0.1 Nodejs Node.Js 18.0.2 Nodejs Node.Js 18.0.3 Nodejs Node.Js 18.0.4 Nodejs Node.Js 18.0.5 Nodejs Node.Js 18.0.6 Nodejs Node.Js 18.1.0 Nodejs Node.Js 18.2.0 Nodejs Node.Js 18.3.0 Nodejs Node.Js 18.4.0 Nodejs Node.Js 18.5.0 Nodejs Node.Js 18.6.0 Nodejs Node.Js 18.7.0 Nodejs Node.Js 18.8.0 Nodejs Node.Js 18.9.0 Nodejs Node.Js 18.9.1 Nodejs Node.Js 18.10.0 Nodejs Node.Js 18.11.0 Nodejs Node.Js 18.12.0 Nodejs Node.Js 18.12.1 Nodejs Node.Js 18.13.0 Nodejs Node.Js 18.14.0 Nodejs Node.Js 16.0.0 Nodejs Node.Js 16.13.0 Nodejs Node.Js 16.13.1 Nodejs Node.Js 16.13.2 Nodejs Node.Js 16.14.0 Nodejs Node.Js 16.14.1 Nodejs Node.Js 16.14.2 Nodejs Node.Js 16.15.0 Nodejs Node.Js 16.15.1 Nodejs Node.Js 16.16.0 Nodejs Node.Js 16.17.0 Nodejs Node.Js 16.17.1 Nodejs Node.Js 16.18.0 Nodejs Node.Js 16.18.1 Nodejs Node.Js 16.19.0 Nodejs Node.Js 19.0.0 Nodejs Node.Js 19.0.1 Nodejs Node.Js 19.1.0 Nodejs Node.Js 19.2.0 Nodejs Node.Js 19.3.0 Nodejs Node.Js 19.4.0 Nodejs Node.Js 19.5.0 Nodejs Node.Js 19.6.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.0.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.1.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.2.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.3.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.4.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.5.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.6.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.7.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.15.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.15.1 Nodejs Node.Js 14.15.2 Nodejs Node.Js 14.15.3 Nodejs Node.Js 14.15.4 Nodejs Node.Js 14.15.5 Nodejs Node.Js 14.16.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.16.1 Nodejs Node.Js 14.17.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.17.1 Nodejs Node.Js 14.17.2 Nodejs Node.Js 14.17.3 Nodejs Node.Js 14.17.4 Nodejs Node.Js 14.17.5 Nodejs Node.Js 14.17.6 Nodejs Node.Js 14.18.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.18.1 Nodejs Node.Js 14.18.2 Nodejs Node.Js 14.18.3 Nodejs Node.Js 14.19.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.19.1 Nodejs Node.Js 14.19.2 Nodejs Node.Js 14.19.3 Nodejs Node.Js 14.20.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.20.1 Nodejs Node.Js 14.21.0 Nodejs Node.Js 14.21.1 Nodejs Node.Js 14.21.2	113

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Summary

Vulnerable Configurations

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

References