7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
7.4 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
21.0%
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.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
nodejs:node.js | nodejs node.js | lt | 20.3.1 |
[
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"vendor": "Node.js",
"product": "https://github.com/nodejs/node",
"versions": [
{
"version": "v20.3.1",
"status": "affected",
"lessThan": "v20.3.1",
"versionType": "semver"
}
]
}
]
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
7.4 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
21.0%