CVE-2023-23918
Node.js 14 and 3 others: Incorrect Authorization
CVE-2023-23918 is fixed in 17 products on 2 platforms, first by Node.js 14 14.21.3, released February 16, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
HighFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
8.6
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0202
81st percentile
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.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows apps | |||
| Node.js 14 | 14.21.3 | Node.js 14 14.21.3 | Feb 16, 2023 |
| Node.js 16 | 16.19.1 | Node.js 16 16.19.1 | Feb 16, 2023 |
| Node.js 18 | 18.14.1 | Node.js 18 18.14.1 | Feb 16, 2023 |
| Node.js 19 | 19.6.1 | Node.js 19 19.6.1 | Feb 16, 2023 |
| Linux | |||
| nodejs · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1 | DSA-5589-1 | Dec 27, 2023 |
| nodejs · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 18.19.0+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23918 | Feb 23, 2023 |
| nodejs · Debian 14 | 18.19.0+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23918 | Feb 23, 2023 |
| nodejs · RHEL 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6 | RHSA-2023:1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| nodejs · RHEL 9 | 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 | RHSA-2023:2655 | May 9, 2023 |
| nodejs · almalinux 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8 | ALSA-2023:1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| nodejs · almalinux 9 | 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2655 | May 9, 2023 |
| nodejs · amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.6 | ALAS2023-2023-243 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| nodejs · ol 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 | ELSA-2023-1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| nodejs · ol 9 | 1:18.14.2-2.module+el9.2.0+21038+115df6a2 | ELSA-2023-2654 | May 17, 2023 |
| nodejs · rocky 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+1183+c2c35f0a | RLSA-2023:1743 | Apr 26, 2023 |
| nodejs · rocky 9 | 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 | RLSA-2023:2655 | May 25, 2023 |
| nodejs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.6 | ALAS2023-2023-243 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| nodejs-debugsource · amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.6 | ALAS2023-2023-243 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| nodejs-devel · RHEL 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6 | RHSA-2023:1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| nodejs-devel · RHEL 9 | 1:18.14.2-2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c | RHSA-2023:2654 | May 9, 2023 |
| nodejs-devel · almalinux 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8 | ALSA-2023:1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| nodejs-devel · almalinux 9 | 1:18.14.2-2.module_el9.2.0+29+de583a0b | ALSA-2023:2654 | May 9, 2023 |
| nodejs-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.6 | ALAS2023-2023-243 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| nodejs-devel · ol 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 | ELSA-2023-1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| nodejs-devel · ol 9 | 1:18.14.2-2.module+el9.2.0+21038+115df6a2 | ELSA-2023-2654 | May 17, 2023 |
| nodejs-docs · RHEL 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6 | RHSA-2023:1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| nodejs-docs · RHEL 9 | 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 | RHSA-2023:2655 | May 9, 2023 |
| nodejs-docs · almalinux 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8 | ALSA-2023:1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| nodejs-docs · almalinux 9 | 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2655 | May 9, 2023 |
| nodejs-docs · amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.6 | ALAS2023-2023-243 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| nodejs-docs · ol 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 | ELSA-2023-1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| nodejs-docs · ol 9 | 1:18.14.2-2.module+el9.2.0+21038+115df6a2 | ELSA-2023-2654 | May 17, 2023 |
| nodejs-full-i18n · RHEL 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6 | RHSA-2023:1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| nodejs-full-i18n · RHEL 9 | 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 | RHSA-2023:2655 | May 9, 2023 |
| nodejs-full-i18n · almalinux 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8 | ALSA-2023:1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| nodejs-full-i18n · almalinux 9 | 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2655 | May 9, 2023 |
| nodejs-full-i18n · amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.6 | ALAS2023-2023-243 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| nodejs-full-i18n · ol 8 | 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 | ELSA-2023-1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| nodejs-full-i18n · ol 9 | 1:18.14.2-2.module+el9.2.0+21038+115df6a2 | ELSA-2023-2654 | May 17, 2023 |
| nodejs-libs · RHEL 9 | 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 | RHSA-2023:2655 | May 9, 2023 |
| nodejs-libs · almalinux 9 | 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2655 | May 9, 2023 |
| nodejs-libs · amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.6 | ALAS2023-2023-243 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| nodejs-libs · ol 9 | 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 | ELSA-2023-2655 | May 17, 2023 |
| nodejs-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.6 | ALAS2023-2023-243 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| nodejs-nodemon · RHEL 8 | 0:2.0.20-3.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6 | RHSA-2023:1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| nodejs-nodemon · RHEL 9 | 0:2.0.20-3.el9_2 | RHSA-2023:2655 | May 9, 2023 |
| nodejs-nodemon · almalinux 8 | 2.0.20-3.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8 | ALSA-2023:1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| nodejs-nodemon · almalinux 9 | 2.0.20-2.module_el9.2.0+29+de583a0b | ALSA-2023:2654 | May 9, 2023 |
| nodejs-nodemon · ol 8 | 0:2.0.20-3.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 | ELSA-2023-1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| nodejs-nodemon · ol 9 | 0:2.0.20-2.module+el9.2.0+21038+115df6a2 | ELSA-2023-2654 | May 17, 2023 |
| nodejs-nodemon · rocky 8 | 0:2.0.20-3.module+el8.7.0+1178+d52dba78 | RLSA-2023:1743 | Apr 26, 2023 |
| nodejs-nodemon · rocky 9 | 0:2.0.20-3.el9_2 | RLSA-2023:2655 | May 25, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging · RHEL 8 | 0:23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83 | RHSA-2023:1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging · RHEL 9 | 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+15718+e52ec601 | RHSA-2023:2654 | May 9, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging · almalinux 8 | 23-3.module_el8.4.0+2522+3bd42762 | ALSA-2023:1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging · almalinux 9 | 2021.06-4.module_el9.1.0+13+d9a595ea | ALSA-2023:2654 | May 9, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging · ol 8 | 0:23-3.module+el8.3.0+7818+6cd30d85 | ELSA-2023-1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging · ol 9 | 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+20762+f52d7401 | ELSA-2023-2654 | May 17, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging · rocky 8 | 0:23-3.module+el8.7.0+1071+4bdda2a8 | RLSA-2023:1743 | Apr 26, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging · rocky 9 | 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.7.0+40025+0e0cf6b2 | RLSA-2023:2654 | Dec 3, 2025 |
| nodejs-packaging-bundler · RHEL 8 | 0:2021.06-4.module+el8.7.0+15582+19c314fa | RHSA-2023:1583 | Apr 4, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging-bundler · RHEL 9 | 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+15718+e52ec601 | RHSA-2023:2654 | May 9, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging-bundler · almalinux 8 | 2021.06-4.module_el8.7.0+3343+ea2b7901 | ALSA-2023:1583 | Apr 4, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging-bundler · almalinux 9 | 2021.06-4.module_el9.1.0+13+d9a595ea | ALSA-2023:2654 | May 9, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging-bundler · ol 8 | 0:2021.06-4.module+el8.7.0+20766+0a247725 | ELSA-2023-1583 | Apr 5, 2023 |
| nodejs-packaging-bundler · ol 9 | 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+20762+f52d7401 | ELSA-2023-2654 | May 17, 2023 |
| npm · RHEL 8 | 1:6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6 | RHSA-2023:1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| npm · RHEL 9 | 1:8.19.3-1.16.19.1.1.el9_2 | RHSA-2023:2655 | May 9, 2023 |
| npm · almalinux 8 | 1:6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8 | ALSA-2023:1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| npm · almalinux 9 | 1:8.19.3-1.16.19.1.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:2655 | May 9, 2023 |
| npm · amzn 2023 | 1:8.19.2-1.18.12.1.1.amzn2023.0.6 | ALAS2023-2023-243 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| npm · ol 8 | 1:6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 | ELSA-2023-1743 | Apr 12, 2023 |
| npm · ol 9 | 1:9.5.0-1.18.14.2.2.module+el9.2.0+21038+115df6a2 | ELSA-2023-2654 | May 17, 2023 |
| v8-devel · amzn 2023 | 2:10.2.154.15-1.18.12.1.1.amzn2023.0.6 | ALAS2023-2023-243 | Jul 5, 2023 |
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