description: A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Node.js <19.6.1, <18.14.1, <16.19.1 and <14.21.3 that made it possible to bypass the experimental Permissions (https://nodejs.org/api/permissions.html) feature in Node.js and access non authorized modules by using process.mainModule.require(). This only affects users who had enabled the experimental permissions option with --experimental-policy.
problem types: Privilege Escalation (CAPEC-233)
affected:
{
vendor: n/a
product: https://github.com/nodejs/node
versions:
version: Fixed in 19.6.1, 18.14.1, 16.19.1, 14.21.3, status: affected
}