CVE-2025-23083

Description

With the aid of the diagnostics_channel utility, an event can be hooked into whenever a worker thread is created. This is not limited only to workers but also exposes internal workers, where an instance of them can be fetched, and its constructor can be grabbed and reinstated for malicious usage. This vulnerability affects Permission Model users (--permission) on Node.js v20, v22, and v23.

CVSS Metrics

• v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.7CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.41%• Percentile: 33%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-284•Improper Access Control

  The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

Affected Systems

• 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.* | ≥ 15.0, < 15.* | ≥ 16.0, < 16.* | ≥ 17.0, < 17.* | ≥ 19.0, < 19.* | ≥ 20.0, < 20.18.2 | ≥ 21.0, < 21.* | ≥ 22.0, < 22.13.1 | ≥ 23.0, < 23.6.1

References (4)

• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/january-2025-security-releases
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250228-0008/
• https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-23083-detect-nodejs-vulnerability
• https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-23083-mitigate-nodejs-vulnerability