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CVE ID: CVE-2023-23918

Description: 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.

Test IDs: None available

Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-23918
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/

CVE ID:	CVE-2023-23918
Description:	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.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-23918 https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/ https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/