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nodejs — security advisory
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.
- Products
- nodejs
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 14.21.3-r0, 16.19.1-r0, 18.14.1-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-23920
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 14:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2023-23920
nodejs
Fixed versions: 14.21.3-r0
nodejs
Fixed versions: 16.19.1-r0
nodejs
Fixed versions: 16.19.1-r0
nodejs
Fixed versions: 18.14.1-r0
nodejs
Fixed versions: 18.14.1-r0
nodejs
Fixed versions: 18.14.1-r0
nodejs
Fixed versions: 18.14.1-r0
nodejs
Fixed versions: 18.14.1-r0
nodejs
Fixed versions: 18.14.1-r0
nodejs
Fixed versions: 18.14.1-r0
nodejs
Fixed versions: 18.14.1-r0
Complete source record
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