CVE-2023-30586

Description

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.

How to fix CVE-2023-30586

To remediate CVE-2023-30586, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 20.3.1 or later
• —upgrade to 20.3.1 or later

Is CVE-2023-30586 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (2)

• >= 20.0.0, < 20.3.1
• >= 20.0.0, < 20.3.1

CVSS scores

References (3)

• WEBhackerone.com/reports/1954535
• WEBnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30586
• WEBsecurity.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230803-0008/