Description (CNA)
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 (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| NodeJS / Node | affected 4.0 before 4.*; affected 5.0 before 5.*; affected 6.0 before 6.*; affected 7.0 before 7.*; affected 8.0 before 8.*; affected 9.0 before 9.*; affected 10.0 before 10.*; affected 11.0 before 11.*; affected 12.0 before 12.*; affected 13.0 before 13.*; affected 14.0 before 14.21.3; affected 15.0 before 15.*; affected 16.0 before 16.19.1; affected 17.0 before 17.*; affected 18.0 before 18.14.1; affected 19.0 before 19.6.1 |
CWE
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References
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/
ADP enrichment
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