ALPINE-CVE-2023-23918

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CVE-2023-23918
Published: 23 Feb 2023, 20:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:51

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Feb 2023, 20:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:51
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Systems

  • alpine•nodejs

    < 14.21.3-r0 | < 16.19.1-r0 | < 16.19.1-r0 | < 18.14.1-r0 | < 18.14.1-r0 | < 18.14.1-r0 | < 18.14.1-r0 | < 18.14.1-r0 | < 18.14.1-r0 | < 18.14.1-r0

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