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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: hackerone
Published: 2023-06-30T23:40:08.238Z
Updated: 2024-08-02T14:28:51.808Z
Reserved: 2023-04-13T01:00:12.086Z
Link: CVE-2023-30586
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NVD
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2023-07-01T00:15:10.247
Modified: 2023-11-17T18:10:10.547
Link: CVE-2023-30586
Redhat