github - ghsa-fj8r-46q3-hp4r

ghsa-fj8r-46q3-hp4r

Vulnerability from github

Published

2023-02-23 21:30

Modified

2025-03-17 21:30

Severity ?

4.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

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.

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   modified: "2025-03-17T21:30:22Z",
   published: "2023-02-23T21:30:16Z",
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cve-2023-23920

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2023-02-23 00:00

Modified

2025-03-17 18:31

Severity ?

4.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00038.html	mailing-list
	https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/
	https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5395	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	https://github.com/nodejs/node	Version: Fixed in 19.6.1, 18.14.1, 16.19.1, 14.21.3

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