vulnerability
Rocky Linux: CVE-2023-23918: nodejs-and-nodejs-nodemon (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Feb 23, 2023 | Mar 5, 2024 | Dec 4, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 23, 2023
Added
Mar 5, 2024
Modified
Dec 4, 2025
Description
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.
Solutions
rocky-upgrade-nodejsrocky-upgrade-nodejs-debuginforocky-upgrade-nodejs-debugsourcerocky-upgrade-nodejs-develrocky-upgrade-nodejs-full-i18nrocky-upgrade-nodejs-libsrocky-upgrade-nodejs-libs-debuginforocky-upgrade-npm
References
- CVE-2023-23918
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-23918
- CWE-863
- URL-https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:1582
- URL-https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:1583
- URL-https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:1743
- URL-https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:2654
- URL-https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:2655
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