What is CVE-2023-23918?

CVE-2023-23918 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-02-23.

How severe is CVE-2023-23918?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Nodejs Node

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.020 (79.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Nodejs Node — versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0
Nodejs Node.js

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

support@hackerone.com (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
support@hackerone.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-23918?: CVE-2023-23918 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-02-23.
How severe is CVE-2023-23918?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.