Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 23, 2023· Updated Apr 30, 2025

CVE-2023-23920

Description

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.

Affected products

Node.js/Node.jsv5
Range: 4.0

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5395mitrevendor-advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00038.htmlmitremailing-list
nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/mitre
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/mitre

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