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CVE-2023-30586
published 2023-07-01

CVE-2023-30586: A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Node.js 20 that allowed loading arbitrary OpenSSL engines when the experimental permission model is enabled…

PriorityP344high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNIHAN
EPSS
1.35%
69.8th percentile
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Node.js 20 that allowed loading arbitrary OpenSSL engines when the experimental permission model is enabled, which can bypass and/or disable the permission model. The attack complexity is high. However, the crypto.setEngine() API can be used to bypass the permission model when called with a compatible OpenSSL engine. The OpenSSL engine can, for example, disable the permission model in the host process by manipulating the process's stack memory to locate the permission model Permission::enabled_ in the host process's heap memory. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js.

Affected

17 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiannodejs
nodejsnode>= 10.0 < 10.*10.*
nodejsnode>= 11.0 < 11.*11.*
nodejsnode>= 12.0 < 12.*12.*
nodejsnode>= 13.0 < 13.*13.*
nodejsnode>= 14.0 < 14.*14.*
nodejsnode>= 15.0 < 15.*15.*
nodejsnode>= 17.0 < 17.*17.*
nodejsnode>= 19.0 < 19.*19.*
nodejsnode>= 20.0 < 20.3.120.3.1
nodejsnode>= 4.0 < 4.*4.*
nodejsnode>= 5.0 < 5.*5.*
nodejsnode>= 6.0 < 6.*6.*
nodejsnode>= 7.0 < 7.*7.*
nodejsnode>= 8.0 < 8.*8.*
nodejsnode>= 9.0 < 9.*9.*
nodejsnode.js>= 20.0.0 < 20.3.120.3.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
vendor_debian7.5LOW
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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