fkie_cve-2023-23920
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2023-02-23 20:15
Modified
2025-03-17 19:15
Severity ?
4.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
4.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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.
References
support@hackerone.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00038.htmlMailing List
support@hackerone.comhttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/Patch, Vendor Advisory
support@hackerone.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/
support@hackerone.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5395
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00038.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5395
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
nodejs node.js *
nodejs node.js *
nodejs node.js *
nodejs node.js *
nodejs node.js *
nodejs node.js *
nodejs node.js *
debian debian_linux 10.0


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