Bug 2171935 (CVE-2023-23918) - CVE-2023-23918 Node.js: Permissions policies can be bypassed via process.mainModule
Summary: CVE-2023-23918 Node.js: Permissions policies can be bypassed via process.main...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2023-23918
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2172149 2172150 2172151 2172148 2172152 2172153 2172154 2172155 2172156 2172157 2172158 2172159 2172160 2172161 2175841 2175842 2175843 2175844 2178107 2178108 2178109 2178110 2178111 2178112 2178113 2178114 2178153 2178154 2178155
Blocks: 2171920
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-02-20 22:12 UTC by Zack Miele
Modified: 2025-10-09 11:20 UTC (History)
15 users (show)

Fixed In Version: Node.js 19.6.1, Node.js 18.14.1, Node.js 16.19.1, Node.js 14.21.3
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Last Closed: 2023-05-09 20:46:33 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:1546 0 None None None 2023-04-03 12:04:24 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:1776 0 None None None 2023-04-13 14:58:58 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:1799 0 None None None 2023-04-17 07:30:53 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:1807 0 None None None 2023-04-17 14:08:06 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:1808 0 None None None 2023-04-17 14:08:18 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:1856 0 None None None 2023-04-18 22:33:22 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2023:1927 0 None None None 2023-04-24 01:07:55 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:1533 0 None None None 2023-03-30 12:36:10 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:1582 0 None None None 2023-04-04 09:48:25 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:1583 0 None None None 2023-04-04 09:48:38 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:1742 0 None None None 2023-04-12 14:58:54 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:1743 0 None None None 2023-04-12 14:59:18 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:1744 0 None None None 2023-04-12 15:07:42 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:2654 0 None None None 2023-05-09 11:46:39 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:2655 0 None None None 2023-05-09 11:46:52 UTC

Description Zack Miele 2023-02-20 22:12:52 UTC 
It was possible to bypass Permissions and access non authorized modules by using process.mainModule.require(). This only affects users who had enabled the experimental permissions option with --experimental-policy.
Comment 1 Zack Miele 2023-02-21 15:28:41 UTC 
Created nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2172149]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2172148]


Created nodejs:13/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2172151]


Created nodejs:14/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2172152]


Created nodejs:16-epel/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2172150]


Created nodejs:16/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2172153]


Created nodejs:18/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2172154]
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2023-03-30 12:36:08 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2023:1533 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1533
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2023-04-04 09:48:24 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:1582 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1582
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2023-04-04 09:48:36 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:1583 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1583
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2023-04-12 14:58:53 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2023:1742 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1742
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2023-04-12 14:59:17 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:1743 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1743
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2023-04-12 15:07:41 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2023:1744 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1744
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-09 11:46:37 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:2654 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2654
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-09 11:46:50 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:2655 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2655
Comment 13 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-05-09 20:46:30 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-23918
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