UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23920

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23920

    Published: 23 Feb 2023Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-23920
    Aliases:
    USN-6672-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/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://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6672-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23920

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nodejs

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5?arch=source&distro=focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5

    Affected versions

    10.15.2~dfsg-2ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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