OpenSSL update assessment, and Node.js project plans

By Rafael Gonzaga, Jun 21, 2022

Summary

The vulnerabilities in the OpenSSL Security releases of Jun 21 2022 do not affect any active Node.js release lines.

Analysis

Our assessment of the security advisory is:

The c_rehash script allows command injection (CVE-2022-2068)

Node.js doesn’t use or ship the c_rehash script. Therefore, Node.js is not affected

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