CVE-2023-23920

Published Feb 16, 2023
·
Updated

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.

Affected Software

19 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/nodejs<18-9020020230327152102.rhel9
18-9020020230327152102.rhel9
redhat/nodejs<1:16.19.1-1.el9_2
1:16.19.1-1.el9_2
redhat/nodejs<1:16.20.2-1.el9_0
1:16.20.2-1.el9_0
redhat/rh-nodejs14<0:3.6-2.el7
0:3.6-2.el7
redhat/rh-nodejs14-nodejs<0:14.21.3-2.el7
0:14.21.3-2.el7
redhat/Node.js<19.6.1
19.6.1
redhat/Node.js<18.14.1
18.14.1
redhat/Node.js<16.19.1
16.19.1
redhat/Node.js<14.21.3
14.21.3
debian/nodejs
12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u412.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u518.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u218.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u120.17.0+dfsg-2
IBM Cognos Controller<=11.0.0 - 11.0.1
Nodejs Node.js>=14.0.0<=14.14.0
Nodejs Node.js>=14.0.0<14.21.3
Nodejs Node.js>=16.0.0<=16.12.0
Nodejs Node.js>=16.0.0<16.19.1
Nodejs Node.js>=18.0.0<=18.11.0
Nodejs Node.js>=18.0.0<18.14.1
Nodejs Node.js>=19.0.0<19.6.1
Debian Debian Linux=10.0

Remediation

Patch Available

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/

Event History

Feb 16, 2023
CVE Published
12:00 AM
Feb 23, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Mar 4, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·12:30 PM
Description
Sep 16, 2024
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·12:58 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software
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