CVE-2023-23918

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.

CVSS 3.1

7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

2.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 80% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-863

Published

2023-02-23

Modified

2026-10-24

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-24

Affected

• nodejs:node.js

References

• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/
• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/

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