CVE-2022-32223: Node.js is vulnerable to Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Hijacking under certain conditions on Windows platforms.This vulnerability can be exploited if the victim…

PriorityP336high7.3CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.73%

76.1th percentile

Node.js is vulnerable to Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Hijacking under certain conditions on Windows platforms.This vulnerability can be exploited if the victim has the following dependencies on a Windows machine:* OpenSSL has been installed and “C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL\openssl.cnf” exists.Whenever the above conditions are present, `node.exe` will search for `providers.dll` in the current user directory.After that, `node.exe` will try to search for `providers.dll` by the DLL Search Order in Windows.It is possible for an attacker to place the malicious file `providers.dll` under a variety of paths and exploit this vulnerability.

Affected

25 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	nodejs	—	—
nodejs	node	>= 10.0 < 10.*	10.*
nodejs	node	>= 11.0 < 11.*	11.*
nodejs	node	>= 12.0 < 12.*	12.*
nodejs	node	>= 13.0 < 13.*	13.*
nodejs	node	>= 14.0 < 14.20.0	14.20.0
nodejs	node	>= 15.0 < 15.*	15.*
nodejs	node	>= 16.0 < 16.20.0	16.20.0
nodejs	node	>= 17.0 < 17.*	17.*
nodejs	node	>= 18.0 < 18.5.0	18.5.0
nodejs	node	>= 4.0 < 4.*	4.*
nodejs	node	>= 5.0 < 5.*	5.*
nodejs	node	>= 6.0 < 6.*	6.*
nodejs	node	>= 7.0 < 7.*	7.*
nodejs	node	>= 8.0 < 8.*	8.*
nodejs	node	>= 9.0 < 9.*	9.*
nodejs	node.js	14.0.0 – 14.14.0	—
nodejs	node.js	>= 14.14.0 < 14.20.0	14.20.0
nodejs	node.js	16.0.0 – 16.12.0	—
nodejs	node.js	>= 16.13.0 < 16.16.0	16.16.0
nodejs	node.js	>= 18.0.0 < 18.0.5	18.0.5
nodejs	nodejs	>= 0 < 0	0
nodejs	nodejs	>= 0 < 0	0
nodejs	nodejs	>= 0 < 0	0
nodejs	nodejs	>= 0 < 0	0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.3HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

osv7.3HIGH

vendor_debian7.3LOW

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