Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Node.js - CVE-2023-23920

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU72400

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Node.js - CVE-2023-23920

Published: February 20, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU72400
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23920
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to application insecurely loads ICU data through ICU_DATA environment variable with elevated privileges. A remote user can gain access to potentially sensitive information.


Affected software

Node.js
Amazon Linux AMI
Debian Linux
Oracle Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Oracle Solaris
Web and Scripting Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Ubuntu
Fedora
DB2 on Cloud Pak for Data
DB2 Warehouse on Cloud Pak for Data
Cognos Dashboards on Cloud Pak for Data
Platform Navigator in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I)
Db2 Graph
Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform
IBM Planning Analytics Workspace
Answer Retrieval for Watson Discovery On Prem
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
IBM Business Automation Workflow
Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I)
IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container
Session Smart Router
IBM Spectrum Symphony
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management
IBM DataPower Gateway
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
nodejs-nodemon
nodejs-nodemon (Red Hat package)
rh-nodejs14 (Red Hat package)
npm
v8-devel
nodejs (Ubuntu package)
libnode64 (Ubuntu package)
npm10
nodejs10-debuginfo
nodejs10-debugsource
nodejs10-devel
nodejs10
nodejs10-docs
libnode72 (Ubuntu package)
nodejs-debugsource
nodejs-libs
nodejs-devel
nodejs-docs
nodejs
nodejs-debuginfo
nodejs-full-i18n
nodejs (Debian package)
npm12
nodejs12-debuginfo
nodejs12
nodejs12-devel
nodejs12-docs
nodejs12-debugsource
rh-nodejs14-nodejs (Red Hat package)
npm14
nodejs14-debugsource
nodejs14-debuginfo
nodejs14-docs
nodejs14-devel
nodejs14
corepack14
nodejs (Red Hat package)
nodejs16
nodejs16-debugsource
npm16
nodejs16-debuginfo
nodejs16-docs
nodejs16-devel
corepack16
libnode108 (Ubuntu package)
nodejs18-devel
nodejs18-debuginfo
nodejs18-debugsource
npm18
nodejs18
nodejs18-docs
corepack18
nodejs20
nodejs-packaging
IBM Cognos Controller
Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S)
IBM QRadar Data Synchronization App
Voice Gateway
IBM App Connect Enterprise

How to mitigate CVE-2023-23920

Install updates from vendor's website.

Node.js - addressed in versions 14.21.3, 16.19.1, 18.14.1, 19.6.1
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management - update to 2.3.8
IBM Cognos Controller - update to 11.0.1.0.3
Platform Navigator in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I) - addressed in versions 2022.2.1-8, 2022.4.1-3
Automation Assets in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I) - update to 2022.2.1-7
Db2 Graph - addressed in versions 1.0.0.1562-amd64, 1.0.0.1562-s390x, 1.0.0.1562-ppcle, 1.0.0.1598-amd64, 1.0.0.1598-s390x, 1.0.0.1598-ppcle
Voice Gateway - addressed in versions 1.0.8.4, 1.0.8.8
Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform - update to 1.7.0
Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) - update to 1.10.12.0
nodejs-nodemon - addressed in versions 2.0.20-3, 2.0.20-3.0.1
nodejs-nodemon (Red Hat package) - update to 2.0.20-3.el9_2
IBM Planning Analytics Workspace - update to 2.0.86
Answer Retrieval for Watson Discovery On Prem - update to 2.11.0
IBM QRadar Data Synchronization App - update to 3.2.1
IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor - update to 3.5.0
rh-nodejs14 (Red Hat package) - update to 3.6-2.el7
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 4.1.2
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.7.0
App Connect Enterprise Certified Container - addressed in versions 5.0.6, 8.1.0
Session Smart Router - addressed in versions 6.2.3-r2, 6.2.10, 6.3.7
npm - update to 6.14.16-1.12.22.11.4
npm - addressed in versions 6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.0.1, 8.19.3-1.16.19.1.1.0.2
IBM Spectrum Symphony - update to 7.3.2 Fix 601711
v8-devel - update to 7.8.279.23-1.12.22.11.4
IBM DataPower Gateway - addressed in versions 10.0.1.13, 10.5.0.5
nodejs (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5, 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4, 18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2.1
libnode64 (Ubuntu package) - update to 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5
npm10 - update to 10.24.1-150000.1.56.1
nodejs10-debuginfo - update to 10.24.1-150000.1.56.1
nodejs10-debugsource - update to 10.24.1-150000.1.56.1
nodejs10-devel - update to 10.24.1-150000.1.56.1
nodejs10 - update to 10.24.1-150000.1.56.1
nodejs10-docs - update to 10.24.1-150000.1.56.1
IBM App Connect Enterprise - addressed in versions 11.0.0.21, 12.0.8.0
libnode72 (Ubuntu package) - update to 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4
nodejs-debugsource - update to 12.22.11-4
nodejs-libs - update to 12.22.11-4
nodejs-devel - update to 12.22.11-4
nodejs-docs - update to 12.22.11-4
nodejs - update to 12.22.11-4
nodejs-debuginfo - update to 12.22.11-4
nodejs-full-i18n - update to 12.22.11-4
nodejs (Debian package) - addressed in versions 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4, 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1
npm12 - update to 12.22.12-150200.4.44.1
nodejs12-debuginfo - update to 12.22.12-150200.4.44.1
nodejs12 - update to 12.22.12-150200.4.44.1
nodejs12-devel - update to 12.22.12-150200.4.44.1
nodejs12-docs - update to 12.22.12-150200.4.44.1
nodejs12-debugsource - update to 12.22.12-150200.4.44.1
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.2.0.2.22
nodejs - addressed in versions 14.21.3-1.0.1, 16.19.1-1.0.2
nodejs-devel - addressed in versions 14.21.3-1.0.1, 16.19.1-1.0.2
nodejs-full-i18n - addressed in versions 14.21.3-1.0.1, 16.19.1-1.0.2
nodejs-docs - addressed in versions 14.21.3-1.0.1, 16.19.1-1.0.2
rh-nodejs14-nodejs (Red Hat package) - update to 14.21.3-2.el7
npm14 - addressed in versions 14.21.3-6.40.1, 14.21.3-150200.15.43.1
nodejs14-debugsource - addressed in versions 14.21.3-6.40.1, 14.21.3-150200.15.43.1
nodejs14-debuginfo - addressed in versions 14.21.3-6.40.1, 14.21.3-150200.15.43.1
nodejs14-docs - addressed in versions 14.21.3-6.40.1, 14.21.3-150200.15.43.1
nodejs14-devel - addressed in versions 14.21.3-6.40.1, 14.21.3-150200.15.43.1
nodejs14 - addressed in versions 14.21.3-6.40.1, 14.21.3-150200.15.43.1
corepack14 - update to 14.21.3-150200.15.43.1
nodejs (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 16.19.1-1.el9_2, 16.20.2-1.el9_0
nodejs16 - addressed in versions 16.19.1-4.fc37, 16.19.1-4.fc38, 16.20.0-1.fc37, 16.20.0-1.fc38, 16.20.0-2.fc37, 16.20.0-2.fc38
nodejs16 - addressed in versions 16.19.1-8.24.1, 16.19.1-150300.7.18.1, 16.19.1-150400.3.15.1
nodejs16-debugsource - addressed in versions 16.19.1-8.24.1, 16.19.1-150300.7.18.1, 16.19.1-150400.3.15.1
npm16 - addressed in versions 16.19.1-8.24.1, 16.19.1-150300.7.18.1, 16.19.1-150400.3.15.1
nodejs16-debuginfo - addressed in versions 16.19.1-8.24.1, 16.19.1-150300.7.18.1, 16.19.1-150400.3.15.1
nodejs16-docs - addressed in versions 16.19.1-8.24.1, 16.19.1-150300.7.18.1, 16.19.1-150400.3.15.1
nodejs16-devel - addressed in versions 16.19.1-8.24.1, 16.19.1-150300.7.18.1, 16.19.1-150400.3.15.1
corepack16 - update to 16.19.1-150400.3.15.1
nodejs - update to 18.12.1-1
libnode108 (Ubuntu package) - update to 18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2.1
nodejs18-devel - addressed in versions 18.14.2-8.6.2, 18.14.2-150400.9.6.2
nodejs18-debuginfo - addressed in versions 18.14.2-8.6.2, 18.14.2-150400.9.6.2
nodejs18-debugsource - addressed in versions 18.14.2-8.6.2, 18.14.2-150400.9.6.2
npm18 - addressed in versions 18.14.2-8.6.2, 18.14.2-150400.9.6.2
nodejs18 - addressed in versions 18.14.2-8.6.2, 18.14.2-150400.9.6.2
nodejs18-docs - addressed in versions 18.14.2-8.6.2, 18.14.2-150400.9.6.2
corepack18 - update to 18.14.2-150400.9.6.2
nodejs18 - addressed in versions 18.15.0-5.fc37, 18.15.0-5.fc38, 18.15.0-6.fc37, 18.15.0-6.fc38
nodejs20 - addressed in versions 19.8.1-6.fc37, 19.8.1-6.fc38, 19.8.1-7.fc37, 19.8.1-7.fc38
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.3.21, 22.0.2.5
nodejs-packaging - addressed in versions 23-3, 25-1.0.1

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