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CVE-2023-23918

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.02%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2023-02-23 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2023-23918
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.02%

Original NVD 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.