CVE-2023-23920

Name
CVE-2023-23920
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.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/
MLIST https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00038.html
CONFIRM https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/
DEBIAN https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5395

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* nodejs >= 14.0.0 <= 14.14.0
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* nodejs >= 16.0.0 <= 16.12.0
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* nodejs >= 18.0.0 <= 18.11.0
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* nodejs >= 18.0.0 < 18.14.1
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* nodejs >= 16.0.0 < 16.19.1
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* nodejs >= 19.0.0 < 19.6.1
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* nodejs >= 14.0.0 < 14.21.3

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
nodejs 3.14-main 14.21.3-r0 Jakub Jirutka <jakub@jirutka.cz> fixed