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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00099.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
NodeJS Node unaffected
Version Status Constraints
4.0 affected < 4.*
5.0 affected < 5.*
6.0 affected < 6.*
7.0 affected < 7.*
8.0 affected < 8.*
9.0 affected < 9.*
10.0 affected < 10.*
11.0 affected < 11.*
12.0 affected < 12.*
13.0 affected < 13.*
14.0 affected < 14.21.3
15.0 affected < 15.*
16.0 affected < 16.19.1
17.0 affected < 17.*
18.0 affected < 18.14.1
19.0 affected < 19.6.1

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Package CPE Advisory Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
nodejs:16-8070020230314140722.bd1311ed cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 RHSA-2023:1582 2023-04-04T00:00:00Z
nodejs:18-8070020230322080930.bd1311ed cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 RHSA-2023:1583 2023-04-04T00:00:00Z
nodejs:14-8070020230306170042.bd1311ed cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 RHSA-2023:1743 2023-04-12T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support
nodejs:14-8040020230306170312.522a0ee4 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.4 RHSA-2023:1533 2023-03-30T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support
nodejs:14-8060020230306170237.ad008a3a cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6 RHSA-2023:1742 2023-04-12T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
nodejs:18-9020020230327152102.rhel9 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 RHSA-2023:2654 2023-05-09T00:00:00Z
nodejs-1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 RHSA-2023:2655 2023-05-09T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support
nodejs-1:16.20.2-1.el9_0 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0 RHSA-2023:5533 2023-10-09T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
rh-nodejs14-0:3.6-2.el7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7 RHSA-2023:1744 2023-04-12T00:00:00Z
rh-nodejs14-nodejs-0:14.21.3-2.el7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:3::el7 RHSA-2023:1744 2023-04-12T00:00:00Z

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3344-1 nodejs security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5395-1 nodejs security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5589-1 nodejs security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-28002 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6672-1 Node.js vulnerabilities
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00038.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23920 cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23920 cve-icon
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5395 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00088}

 epss

{'score': 0.0009}

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-30T05:57:24.758Z

Reserved: 2023-01-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-23920

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:42:27.156Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-23T20:15:14.047

Modified: 2025-03-17T19:15:19.303

Link: CVE-2023-23920

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-02-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-23920 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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