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high 7.5

CVE-2023-23919 json

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 err…

published 2023-02-23 3 y ago modified 2026-10-24 15 d ago also BIT-node-2023-23919 , BIT-node-min-2023-23919 , EUVD-2023-28001

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami node 14.21.3, 16.19.1, 18.14.1, 19.2.0
  • bitnami node-min 14.21.3, 16.19.1, 18.14.1, 19.2.0
  • NodeJS Node 14.21.3, 16.19.1, 18.14.1, 19.2.0
  • nodejs Debian 12 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1
  • nodejs Debian 14, Debian 13 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23919

  • npm RHEL 9 1:9.5.0-1.18.14.2.2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c
  • nodejs RHEL 9 1:18.14.2-2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c
  • nodejs-nodemon RHEL 9 2.0.20-2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c
  • nodejs-full-i18n RHEL 9 1:18.14.2-2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c
  • nodejs-packaging RHEL 9 2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+15718+e52ec601
  • nodejs-packaging-bundler RHEL 9 2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+15718+e52ec601
  • npm RHEL 8 1:9.5.0-1.18.14.2.2.module+el8.7.0+18445+9493b6ea
  • nodejs RHEL 8 1:18.14.2-2.module+el8.7.0+18445+9493b6ea

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:2654RHSA-2023:1583RHSA-2023:1582

  • nodejs18 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 18.14.2-150400.9.6.2
  • nodejs18 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 18.14.2-8.6.2
  • nodejs16 SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +3 more 16.19.1-150300.7.18.1
  • nodejs16 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 16.19.1-8.24.1
  • nodejs16 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 16.19.1-150400.3.15.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:0738-1SUSE-SU-2023:0715-1SUSE-SU-2023:0673-1SUSE-SU-2023:0609-1SUSE-SU-2023:0608-1

  • nodejs18 openSUSE Tumbleweed 18.14.2-1.1
  • nodejs19 openSUSE Tumbleweed 19.7.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12725-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12726-1

  • npm AlmaLinux 9 1:9.5.0-1.18.14.2.2.module_el9.2.0+29+de583a0b
  • nodejs AlmaLinux 9 1:18.14.2-2.module_el9.2.0+29+de583a0b
  • nodejs-nodemon AlmaLinux 9 2.0.20-2.module_el9.2.0+29+de583a0b
  • nodejs-full-i18n AlmaLinux 9 1:18.14.2-2.module_el9.2.0+29+de583a0b
  • nodejs-packaging AlmaLinux 9 2021.06-4.module_el9.1.0+13+d9a595ea
  • nodejs-packaging-bundler AlmaLinux 9 2021.06-4.module_el9.1.0+13+d9a595ea
  • npm AlmaLinux 8 1:8.19.3-1.16.19.1.1.module_el8.7.0+3496+a59a3324
  • nodejs AlmaLinux 8 1:16.19.1-1.module_el8.7.0+3496+a59a3324

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:2654ALSA-2023:1582ALSA-2023:1583

  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 9 2021.06-4.module+el9.7.0+40025+0e0cf6b2
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 9 2021.06-4.module+el9.7.0+40017+f0db1785
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 9 2021.06-4.module+el9.7.0+40018+a011993d
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 9 2021.06-4.module+el9.7.0+40022+9ecc286c
  • nodejs Rocky Linux 8 1:16.19.1-1.module+el8.7.0+1178+d52dba78
  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 8 2.0.20-3.module+el8.7.0+1178+d52dba78
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 8 25-1.module+el8.6.0+1046+80feca58

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2023:2654RLSA-2023:1582

  • nodejs Alpine 3.16, Alpine 3.15 16.19.1-r0
  • nodejs Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +5 more 18.14.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2023-23919

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • nodejs CBL-Mariner 2.0 16.19.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-13684

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-23919 updated cvss 7.5

Node.js: OpenSSL error handling issues in nodejs crypto library

  • Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2 3scale-amp2/system-rhel7
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) nodejs 16.19.1-1.module+el8.7.0+18373+704f5cef, nodejs 18.14.2-2.module+el8.7.0+18445+9493b6ea, nodejs-packaging 25-1.module+el8.5.0+10992+fac5fe06, npm 9.5.0-1.18.14.2.2.module+el8.7.0+18445+9493b6ea, npm 8.19.3-1.16.19.1.1.module+el8.7.0+18373+704f5cef, nodejs-nodemon 2.0.20-2.module+el8.7.0+18445+9493b6ea, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1582
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) nodejs 18.14.2-2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c, npm 9.5.0-1.18.14.2.2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c, nodejs-nodemon 2.0.20-2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c, nodejs-packaging 2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+15718+e52ec601, nodejs-full-i18n 18.14.2-2.module+el9.2.0.z+18497+a402347c, nodejs-packaging-bundler 2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+15718+e52ec601
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2654

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

2.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/1808596 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami node
>=14.0.0, <14.21.3
>=16.0.0, <16.19.1
>=18.0.0, <18.14.1
>=19.0.0, <19.2.0
14.21.3
16.19.1
18.14.1
19.2.0
bitnami node-min
>=14.0.0, <14.21.3
>=16.0.0, <16.19.1
>=18.0.0, <18.14.1
>=19.0.0, <19.2.0
14.21.3
16.19.1
18.14.1
19.2.0

Affected products

  • NodeJS Node

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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