CVE-2023-23920

Publication date 23 February 2023

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
nodejs	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Fixed 18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2.1
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored end of life, was needed
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	4.2 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	High
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6672-1
Node.js vulnerabilities
4 March 2024