CVE-2023-23920

Summary

CVECVE-2023-23920
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-02-23 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-05-03 04:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-426

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5395-1 nodejs DEBIAN www.debian.org
Februray 2023 Node.js Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 3344-1] nodejs security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Thursday February 16 2023 Security Releases | Node.js MISC nodejs.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160533 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs:18 (ELSA-2023-1583)
  • 160535 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs:16 (ELSA-2023-1582)
  • 160547 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs:14 (ELSA-2023-1743)
  • 160639 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs:18 (ELSA-2023-2654)
  • 160640 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs and nodejs-nodemon (ELSA-2023-2655)
  • 181612 Debian Security Update for nodejs (DLA 3344-1)
  • 181767 Debian Security Update for nodejs (DSA 5395-1)
  • 200161 Ubuntu Security Notification for Node.js Vulnerabilities (USN-6672-1)
  • 241304 Red Hat Update for nodejs:14 security (RHSA-2023:1533)
  • 241307 Red Hat Update for nodejs:18 security (RHSA-2023:1583)
  • 241332 Red Hat Update for nodejs:16 security (RHSA-2023:1582)
  • 241341 Red Hat Update for nodejs:14 security (RHSA-2023:1742)
  • 241342 Red Hat Update for nodejs:14 security (RHSA-2023:1743)
  • 241343 Red Hat Update for rh-nodejs14-nodejs security (RHSA-2023:1744)
  • 241429 Red Hat Update for nodejs and nodejs-nodemon security (RHSA-2023:2655)
  • 241457 Red Hat Update for nodejs:18 security (RHSA-2023:2654)
  • 242132 Red Hat Update for nodejs security (RHSA-2023:5533)
  • 284203 Fedora Security Update for nodejs16 (FEDORA-2023-973319d5b7)
  • 356918 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for nodejs : ALAS2023-2023-210
  • 378467 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for nodejs:14 (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0037)
  • 502669 Alpine Linux Security Update for nodejs
  • 502670 Alpine Linux Security Update for nodejs
  • 502748 Alpine Linux Security Update for nodejs
  • 6000404 Debian Security Update for nodejs (DSA 5589-1)
  • 753741 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs10 (SUSE-SU-2023:0606-1)
  • 753755 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs14 (SUSE-SU-2023:0674-1)
  • 753756 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs16 (SUSE-SU-2023:0673-1)
  • 753758 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs12 (SUSE-SU-2023:0682-1)
  • 905631 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for nodejs (13703)
  • 905674 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for nodejs (13757)
  • 906631 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for nodejs (13703-3)
  • 907156 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for nodejs (13757-1)
  • 940976 AlmaLinux Security Update for nodejs:16 (ALSA-2023:1582)
  • 940977 AlmaLinux Security Update for nodejs:18 (ALSA-2023:1583)
  • 940979 AlmaLinux Security Update for nodejs:14 (ALSA-2023:1743)
  • 941013 AlmaLinux Security Update for nodejs and nodejs-nodemon (ALSA-2023:2655)
  • 941014 AlmaLinux Security Update for nodejs:18 (ALSA-2023:2654)
  • 960893 Rocky Linux Security Update for nodejs:18 (RLSA-2023:1583)
  • 960902 Rocky Linux Security Update for nodejs:16 (RLSA-2023:1582)
  • 960917 Rocky Linux Security Update for nodejs:14 (RLSA-2023:1743)
  • 960937 Rocky Linux Security Update for nodejs and nodejs-nodemon (RLSA-2023:2655)
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