What is CVE-2023-23920?

CVE-2023-23920 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2023-02-23.

How severe is CVE-2023-23920?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Nodejs Node

CVE-2023-23920

An untrusted search path vulnerability exists in Node.js. <19.6.1, <18.14.1, <16.19.1, and <14.21.3 that could allow an attacker to search and potentially load ICU data when running with elevated privileges.

EPSS: 0.005 (38.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Nodejs Node — versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0
Nodejs Node.js
Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

support@hackerone.com (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
support@hackerone.com (mailing-list, Mailing List)
support@hackerone.com
support@hackerone.com (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-23920?: CVE-2023-23920 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nodejs Node, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2023-02-23.
How severe is CVE-2023-23920?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.