{"id":"AZL-13776","summary":"CVE-2023-23918 affecting package nodejs for versions less than 16.19.1-1","details":"A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Node.js \u003c19.6.1, \u003c18.14.1, \u003c16.19.1 and \u003c14.21.3 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.","modified":"2026-04-01T05:07:49.196343Z","published":"2023-02-23T20:15:13Z","upstream":["CVE-2023-23918"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23918"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nodejs","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:2","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/nodejs"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"16.19.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-13776.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}