CVE-2023-23920
First published: Thu Feb 16 2023(Updated: )
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.
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| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/nodejs | <18-9020020230327152102.rhel9 | 18-9020020230327152102.rhel9 |
| redhat/nodejs | <1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 | 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 |
| redhat/nodejs | <1:16.20.2-1.el9_0 | 1:16.20.2-1.el9_0 |
| redhat/rh-nodejs14 | <0:3.6-2.el7 | 0:3.6-2.el7 |
| redhat/rh-nodejs14-nodejs | <0:14.21.3-2.el7 | 0:14.21.3-2.el7 |
| Nodejs Node.js | >=14.0.0<=14.14.0 | |
| Nodejs Node.js | >=14.0.0<14.21.3 | |
| Nodejs Node.js | >=16.0.0<=16.12.0 | |
| Nodejs Node.js | >=16.0.0<16.19.1 | |
| Nodejs Node.js | >=18.0.0<=18.11.0 | |
| Nodejs Node.js | >=18.0.0<18.14.1 | |
| Nodejs Node.js | >=19.0.0<19.6.1 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =10.0 | |
| IBM Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data | <=4.7.0 | |
| redhat/Node.js | <19.6.1 | 19.6.1 |
| redhat/Node.js | <18.14.1 | 18.14.1 |
| redhat/Node.js | <16.19.1 | 16.19.1 |
| redhat/Node.js | <14.21.3 | 14.21.3 |
| ubuntu/nodejs | <10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5 | 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5 |
| ubuntu/nodejs | <12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 |
| ubuntu/nodejs | <18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2.1 | 18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2.1 |
| debian/nodejs | <=10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u1<=18.13.0+dfsg1-1 | 10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u4 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1 18.20.1+dfsg-4 |
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Reference Links
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23920 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23920
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2172217
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1582
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1583
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1743
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1533
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1742
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2654
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2655
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5533
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1744
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-23920
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00038.html
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5395
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/247694
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7031207 (Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2172218
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2172220
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2172221
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2172219
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2172222
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2172223
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2023-23920
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/#node-js-insecure-loading-of-icu-data-through-icu_data-environment-variable-low-cve-2023-23920
- https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f369c0a739b9f0182ededa834a2a44e6fec322d1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-23920
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6672-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23920
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23920
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-23920
Parent vulnerabilities
(Appears in the following advisories)
- collector/redhat-cve
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/ibm-support
- agent/type
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/severity
- agent/remedy
- agent/weakness
- collector/redhat-bugzilla
- source/Red Hat
- alias/CVE-2023-23920
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/references
- agent/description
- collector/launchpad-cve
- source/Launchpad
- agent/event
- collector/nvd-cve
- source/NVD
- agent/tags
- agent/author
- collector/security-tracker-debian
- source/Debian
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/usn-cve
- source/Ubuntu
- package-manager/redhat
- vendor/nodejs
- canonical/nodejs node.js
- version/nodejs node.js/14.0.0
- version/nodejs node.js/14.14.0
- version/nodejs node.js/16.0.0
- version/nodejs node.js/16.12.0
- version/nodejs node.js/18.0.0
- version/nodejs node.js/18.11.0
- version/nodejs node.js/19.0.0
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/10.0
- vendor/ibm
- canonical/ibm cognos dashboards on cloud pak for data
- version/ibm cognos dashboards on cloud pak for data/4.7.0
- package-manager/debian
- package-manager/ubuntu