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CVE-2023-23920

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-02-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-426

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

• Debian Linux: 10.0
• Node.js: from 14.0.0 through 14.14.0; from 14.0.0 before 14.21.3; from 16.0.0 through 16.12.0; from 16.0.0 before 16.19.1; from 18.0.0 through 18.11.0; from 18.0.0 before 18.14.1 — fixed in 14.21.3, 16.19.1, 18.14.1, 19.6.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Node.js 14.21.3, 16.19.1, 18.14.1, 19.6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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