CVE-2023-23920

Node.js: insecure loading of ICU data through ICU_DATA environment variable

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.2

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 16, 2023

Updated · June 28, 2026

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE-426 · Untrusted Search Path