CVE-2023-23920

medium

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.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5395

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00038.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-02-23

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:C/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N