CVE-2023-30586
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Node.js 20 that allowed loading arbitrary OpenSSL engines when the experimental permission model is ena...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Affected packages
Bitnami
node-min
[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"20.0.0"},{"fixed":"20.3.1"}]}]
Bitnami
node
[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"20.0.0"},{"fixed":"20.3.1"}]}]
References
- advisory security.netapp.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- web hackerone.com