Privilege escalation vulnerability in Node.js - CVE-2023-23918| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:96772 | Date: (C)2024-01-12 (M)2024-02-19 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with Node.js 14.x before 14.21.3, 16.x before 16.19.1, 18.x before 18.14.1, or 19.x before 19.6.1 and is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application which fails to handle the experimental permissions option with --experimental-policy. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to bypass the experimental permissions feature and access non authorized modules by using process.mainModule.require().
| Platform: |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft Windows 7 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
| Microsoft Windows 11 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
