{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"BIT-node-2023-23918","published":"2024-03-06T11:02:19.960Z","modified":"2026-09-08T08:48:17.734194254Z","aliases":["BIT-node-min-2023-23918","CVE-2023-23918"],"details":"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.","affected":[{"package":{"name":"node","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/node"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"14.0.0"},{"fixed":"14.21.3"},{"introduced":"16.0.0"},{"fixed":"16.19.1"},{"introduced":"18.0.0"},{"fixed":"18.14.1"},{"introduced":"19.0.0"},{"fixed":"19.6.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/node/BIT-node-2023-23918.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23918"}],"database_specific":{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"],"severity":"High"}}