CVE-2023-23920

Aliases:ALPINE-CVE-2023-23920DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23920
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 28
Modified
Published: 23 Feb 2023, 00:00
Last modified:30 Apr 2025, 05:57

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
17/100
CVSS Score
4.2 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.47% LOW
0% probability +0.37%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Feb 2023, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
30 Apr 2025, 05:57
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.2CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.47%• Percentile: 40%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-426•Untrusted Search Path

    The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.

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 | < 18.14.1-r0

  • debian•nodejs

    < 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4 | < 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1 | < 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1 | < 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1

  • debian•debian_linux

    10.0

  • nodejs•node

    ≥ 4.0, < 4.* | ≥ 5.0, < 5.* | ≥ 6.0, < 6.* | ≥ 7.0, < 7.* | ≥ 8.0, < 8.* | ≥ 9.0, < 9.* | ≥ 10.0, < 10.* | ≥ 11.0, < 11.* | ≥ 12.0, < 12.* | ≥ 13.0, < 13.* | ≥ 14.0, < 14.21.3 | ≥ 15.0, < 15.* | ≥ 16.0, < 16.19.1 | ≥ 17.0, < 17.* | ≥ 18.0, < 18.14.1 | ≥ 19.0, < 19.6.1

  • nodejs•node.js

    ≥ 14.0.0, ≤ 14.14.0 | ≥ 14.0.0, < 14.21.3 | ≥ 16.0.0, ≤ 16.12.0 | ≥ 16.0.0, < 16.19.1 | ≥ 18.0.0, ≤ 18.11.0 | ≥ 18.0.0, < 18.14.1 | ≥ 19.0.0, < 19.6.1

References (6)