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CVE-2023-30586

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NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30586

CGA ID

CGA-64q6-qrc2-5wjx

Severity

Unknown

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.

References

  • https://images.chainguard.dev/security/CGA-64q6-qrc2-5wjx

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