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
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.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
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Debian | 12 | all | nodejs | < 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u2 | nodejs_18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u2_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | nodejs | < 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4 | nodejs_12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | nodejs | < 20.15.0+dfsg-1 | nodejs_20.15.0+dfsg-1_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | nodejs | < 20.14.0+dfsg-3 | nodejs_20.14.0+dfsg-3_all.deb |