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Alpine: nodejs: security update to 14.21.3-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 405815

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

 - A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Node.js <19.6.1, <18.14.1, <16.19.1 and <14.21.3 that made
 it possible to bypass the experimental Permissions (https://nodejs.org/api/permissions.html) feature in
 Node.js and access non authorized modules by using process.mainModule.require(). This only affects users
 who had enabled the experimental permissions option with --experimental-policy. (CVE-2023-23918)

 - 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.
 (CVE-2023-23920)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-23918

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-23920

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 405815

Version: Revision 1.31

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-23918

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-23918, CVE-2023-23920