CVE-2023-23920

Node.js 14 and 3 others: Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)

CVE-2023-23920 is fixed in 19 products on 2 platforms, first by Node.js 14 14.21.3, released February 16, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

HighFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
8.6
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0045
39th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
Node.js 14 14.21.3 Node.js 14 14.21.3 Feb 16, 2023
Node.js 16 16.19.1 Node.js 16 16.19.1 Feb 16, 2023
Node.js 18 18.14.1 Node.js 18 18.14.1 Feb 16, 2023
Node.js 19 19.6.1 Node.js 19 19.6.1 Feb 16, 2023
Linux
libnode64 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5 libnode64 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5 Feb 23, 2023
libnode72 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 libnode72 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 May 29, 2023
nodejs · Debian 11.6 (bullseye) 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4 DSA-5395-1 May 2, 2023
nodejs · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23920 Feb 23, 2023
nodejs · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23920 Feb 23, 2023
nodejs · Debian 14 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23920 Feb 23, 2023
nodejs · RHEL 8 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6 RHSA-2023:1743 Apr 12, 2023
nodejs · RHEL 9 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2655 May 9, 2023
nodejs · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5 nodejs 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5 Feb 23, 2023
nodejs · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 nodejs 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 May 29, 2023
nodejs · almalinux 8 1:14.21.3-1.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8 ALSA-2023:1743 Apr 12, 2023
nodejs · almalinux 9 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 ALSA-2023:2655 May 9, 2023
nodejs · amzn 2023 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-210 Jun 7, 2023
nodejs · ol 8 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 ELSA-2023-1743 Apr 12, 2023
nodejs · ol 9 1:18.14.2-2.module+el9.2.0+21038+115df6a2 ELSA-2023-2654 May 17, 2023
nodejs · rocky 8 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+1183+c2c35f0a RLSA-2023:1743 Apr 26, 2023
nodejs · rocky 9 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 RLSA-2023:2655 May 25, 2023
nodejs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-210 Jun 7, 2023
nodejs-debugsource · amzn 2023 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-210 Jun 7, 2023
nodejs-devel · RHEL 8 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6 RHSA-2023:1743 Apr 12, 2023
nodejs-devel · RHEL 9 1:18.14.2-2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c RHSA-2023:2654 May 9, 2023
nodejs-devel · almalinux 8 1:14.21.3-1.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8 ALSA-2023:1743 Apr 12, 2023
nodejs-devel · almalinux 9 1:18.14.2-2.module_el9.2.0+29+de583a0b ALSA-2023:2654 May 9, 2023
nodejs-devel · amzn 2023 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-210 Jun 7, 2023
nodejs-devel · ol 8 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 ELSA-2023-1743 Apr 12, 2023
nodejs-devel · ol 9 1:18.14.2-2.module+el9.2.0+21038+115df6a2 ELSA-2023-2654 May 17, 2023
nodejs-docs · RHEL 8 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6 RHSA-2023:1743 Apr 12, 2023
nodejs-docs · RHEL 9 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2655 May 9, 2023
nodejs-docs · almalinux 8 1:14.21.3-1.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8 ALSA-2023:1743 Apr 12, 2023
nodejs-docs · almalinux 9 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 ALSA-2023:2655 May 9, 2023
nodejs-docs · amzn 2023 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-210 Jun 7, 2023
nodejs-docs · ol 8 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 ELSA-2023-1743 Apr 12, 2023
nodejs-docs · ol 9 1:18.14.2-2.module+el9.2.0+21038+115df6a2 ELSA-2023-2654 May 17, 2023
nodejs-full-i18n · RHEL 8 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6 RHSA-2023:1743 Apr 12, 2023
nodejs-full-i18n · RHEL 9 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2655 May 9, 2023
nodejs-full-i18n · almalinux 8 1:14.21.3-1.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8 ALSA-2023:1743 Apr 12, 2023
nodejs-full-i18n · almalinux 9 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 ALSA-2023:2655 May 9, 2023
nodejs-full-i18n · amzn 2023 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-210 Jun 7, 2023
nodejs-full-i18n · ol 8 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 ELSA-2023-1743 Apr 12, 2023
nodejs-full-i18n · ol 9 1:18.14.2-2.module+el9.2.0+21038+115df6a2 ELSA-2023-2654 May 17, 2023
nodejs-libs · RHEL 9 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2655 May 9, 2023
nodejs-libs · almalinux 9 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 ALSA-2023:2655 May 9, 2023
nodejs-libs · amzn 2023 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-210 Jun 7, 2023
nodejs-libs · ol 9 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 ELSA-2023-2655 May 17, 2023
nodejs-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-210 Jun 7, 2023
nodejs-nodemon · RHEL 8 0:2.0.20-3.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6 RHSA-2023:1743 Apr 12, 2023
nodejs-nodemon · RHEL 9 0:2.0.20-3.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2655 May 9, 2023
nodejs-nodemon · almalinux 8 2.0.20-3.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8 ALSA-2023:1743 Apr 12, 2023
nodejs-nodemon · almalinux 9 2.0.20-2.module_el9.2.0+29+de583a0b ALSA-2023:2654 May 9, 2023
nodejs-nodemon · ol 8 0:2.0.20-3.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 ELSA-2023-1743 Apr 12, 2023
nodejs-nodemon · ol 9 0:2.0.20-2.module+el9.2.0+21038+115df6a2 ELSA-2023-2654 May 17, 2023
nodejs-nodemon · rocky 8 0:2.0.20-3.module+el8.7.0+1178+d52dba78 RLSA-2023:1743 Apr 26, 2023
nodejs-nodemon · rocky 9 0:2.0.20-3.el9_2 RLSA-2023:2655 May 25, 2023
nodejs-packaging · RHEL 8 0:23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83 RHSA-2023:1743 Apr 12, 2023
nodejs-packaging · RHEL 9 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+15718+e52ec601 RHSA-2023:2654 May 9, 2023
nodejs-packaging · almalinux 8 23-3.module_el8.4.0+2522+3bd42762 ALSA-2023:1743 Apr 12, 2023
nodejs-packaging · almalinux 9 2021.06-4.module_el9.1.0+13+d9a595ea ALSA-2023:2654 May 9, 2023
nodejs-packaging · ol 8 0:23-3.module+el8.3.0+7818+6cd30d85 ELSA-2023-1743 Apr 12, 2023
nodejs-packaging · ol 9 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+20762+f52d7401 ELSA-2023-2654 May 17, 2023
nodejs-packaging · rocky 8 0:23-3.module+el8.7.0+1071+4bdda2a8 RLSA-2023:1743 Apr 26, 2023
nodejs-packaging · rocky 9 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.7.0+40025+0e0cf6b2 RLSA-2023:2654 Dec 3, 2025
nodejs-packaging-bundler · RHEL 8 0:2021.06-4.module+el8.7.0+15582+19c314fa RHSA-2023:1583 Apr 4, 2023
nodejs-packaging-bundler · RHEL 9 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+15718+e52ec601 RHSA-2023:2654 May 9, 2023
nodejs-packaging-bundler · almalinux 8 2021.06-4.module_el8.7.0+3343+ea2b7901 ALSA-2023:1583 Apr 4, 2023
nodejs-packaging-bundler · almalinux 9 2021.06-4.module_el9.1.0+13+d9a595ea ALSA-2023:2654 May 9, 2023
nodejs-packaging-bundler · ol 8 0:2021.06-4.module+el8.7.0+20766+0a247725 ELSA-2023-1583 Apr 5, 2023
nodejs-packaging-bundler · ol 9 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+20762+f52d7401 ELSA-2023-2654 May 17, 2023
npm · RHEL 8 1:6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module+el8.7.0+18531+81d21ca6 RHSA-2023:1743 Apr 12, 2023
npm · RHEL 9 1:8.19.3-1.16.19.1.1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2655 May 9, 2023
npm · almalinux 8 1:6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module_el8.7.0+3551+53700ee8 ALSA-2023:1743 Apr 12, 2023
npm · almalinux 9 1:8.19.3-1.16.19.1.1.el9_2 ALSA-2023:2655 May 9, 2023
npm · amzn 2023 1:8.19.2-1.18.12.1.1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-210 Jun 7, 2023
npm · ol 8 1:6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 ELSA-2023-1743 Apr 12, 2023
npm · ol 9 1:9.5.0-1.18.14.2.2.module+el9.2.0+21038+115df6a2 ELSA-2023-2654 May 17, 2023
v8-devel · amzn 2023 2:10.2.154.15-1.18.12.1.1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2023-210 Jun 7, 2023

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