CVE-2023-30586
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 7.5 High
- Status
- Modified - support@hackerone.com
- Published
- 2023-07-01
- Last modified
- 2025-05-08
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
Affected products
References
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1954535
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230803-0008/
