HIGHCVSS 7.5

CVE-2023-23918

CVE-2023-23918 updated by NVD

Modified: 2026-09-20
Sources: nvd

Summary

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 packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected versions	Fixed versions
Node.js	node.js	[object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object]	—

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23918

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