CVE-2023-23918 | BDVDB-2026-196126 Detail

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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.

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History#

1. Version 12023-02-23Record published in the CVE List.
2. Version 22025-05-08Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.