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.
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Advisories
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EUVD |
EUVD-2023-34967 | 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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Wed, 27 Nov 2024 19:15:00 +0000
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: hackerone
Published:
Updated: 2025-05-08T16:14:11.957Z
Reserved: 2023-04-13T01:00:12.086Z
Link: CVE-2023-30586
Updated: 2024-08-02T14:28:51.808Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2023-07-01T00:15:10.247
Modified: 2025-05-08T17:16:01.200
Link: CVE-2023-30586
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Weaknesses
EUVD