CVE-2023-23919

Summary

A cryptographic vulnerability exists in Node.js <19.2.0, <18.14.1, <16.19.1, <14.21.3 that in some cases did does not clear the OpenSSL error stack after operations that may set it. This may lead to false positive errors during subsequent cryptographic operations that happen to be on the same thread. This in turn could be used to cause a denial of service.

Impact & exploitability

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

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/ ↗

Additional information

• NVD record
• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/Patch
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1808596Advisory