CVE-2023-30590
nodejs - security update
Description
The generateKeys() API function returned from crypto.createDiffieHellman() only generates missing (or outdated) keys, that is, it only generates a private key if none has been set yet, but the function is also needed to compute the corresponding public key after calling setPrivateKey(). However, the documentation says this API call: "Generates private and public Diffie-Hellman key values". The documented behavior is very different from the actual behavior, and this difference could easily lead to security issues in applications that use these APIs as the DiffieHellman may be used as the basis for application-level security, implications are consequently broad.
How to fix CVE-2023-30590
To remediate CVE-2023-30590, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 16.20.1 or later
- —upgrade to 16.20.1 or later
- —upgrade to 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u5 or later
- —upgrade to 10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u4 or later
Is CVE-2023-30590 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- >= 16.0.0, < 16.20.1, >= 18.0.0, < 18.16.1, >= 20.0.0, < 20.3.1
- >= 16.0.0, < 16.20.1, >= 18.0.0, < 18.16.1, >= 20.0.0, < 20.3.1
- from 0, < 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u5
- from 0, < 10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |