CVE-2023-23920 (GCVE-0-2023-23920)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-23 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-30 05:57
VLAI?
Summary
An 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.
Severity ?
4.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
NodeJS Node Affected: 4.0 , < 4.* (semver)
Affected: 5.0 , < 5.* (semver)
Affected: 6.0 , < 6.* (semver)
Affected: 7.0 , < 7.* (semver)
Affected: 8.0 , < 8.* (semver)
Affected: 9.0 , < 9.* (semver)
Affected: 10.0 , < 10.* (semver)
Affected: 11.0 , < 11.* (semver)
Affected: 12.0 , < 12.* (semver)
Affected: 13.0 , < 13.* (semver)
Affected: 14.0 , < 14.21.3 (semver)
Affected: 15.0 , < 15.* (semver)
Affected: 16.0 , < 16.19.1 (semver)
Affected: 17.0 , < 17.* (semver)
Affected: 18.0 , < 18.14.1 (semver)
Affected: 19.0 , < 19.6.1 (semver)
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