Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-23918: Incorrect Authorization

Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-23918: Incorrect Authorization

Severity

8

CVSS

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

Published

02/23/2023

Created

04/09/2024

Added

03/26/2024

Modified

10/02/2024

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)

• alpine-linux-upgrade-nodejs

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2023-23918
• CVE - 2023-23918
• https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-23918