Alma Linux: CVE-2023-23918: Moderate: nodejs:16 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

Alma Linux: CVE-2023-23918: Moderate: nodejs:16 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity

8

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)

Published

02/23/2023

Created

05/05/2023

Added

04/21/2023

Modified

01/28/2025

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.

Solution(s)

• alma-upgrade-nodejs
• alma-upgrade-nodejs-devel
• alma-upgrade-nodejs-docs
• alma-upgrade-nodejs-full-i18n
• alma-upgrade-nodejs-libs
• alma-upgrade-nodejs-nodemon
• alma-upgrade-nodejs-packaging
• alma-upgrade-nodejs-packaging-bundler
• alma-upgrade-npm

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2023-23918
• CVE - 2023-23918
• https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-1582.html
• https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-1583.html
• https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-1743.html
• https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-2654.html
• https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-2655.html