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CVE-2023-23918

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.15 BB Relevance: 75/100
Published: 2023-02-23 Modified: 2026-10-24 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: None
A: None

Description

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
nodejs node.js 14.0.0 – 14.14.0
nodejs node.js 14.0.0 – 14.21.3

References & Advisories (2)

Bug Bounty Relevance

75 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

2.02%
Raw Score 0.020230
Percentile 80.9%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.02023
2026-10-28
0.02023

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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