The generateKeys() API function returned from crypto.createDiffieHellman() only generates missing (or outdated) keys, that is, it only generates a private key if none has been set yet, but the function is also needed to compute the corresponding public key after calling setPrivateKey(). However, the documentation says this API call: "Generates private and public Diffie-Hellman key values". The documented behavior is very different from the actual behavior, and this difference could easily lead to security issues in applications that use these APIs as the DiffieHellman may be used as the basis for application-level security, implications are consequently broad.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2023-11-28T19:15:19.447Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T14:28:51.940Z

Reserved: 2023-04-13T01:00:12.086Z

Link: CVE-2023-30590

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-28T20:15:07.480

Modified: 2024-03-27T03:15:10.130

Link: CVE-2023-30590

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-06-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-30590 - Bugzilla