Node.js up to 14.21.2/16.19.0/18.14.0/19.1.x OpenSSL Error cryptographic issue

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Node.js up to 14.21.2/16.19.0/18.14.0/19.1.x. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component OpenSSL Error Handler. This manipulation causes cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-23919. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Node.js up to 14.21.2/16.19.0/18.14.0/19.1.x (JavaScript Library) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component OpenSSL Error Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-310. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

A cryptographic vulnerability exists in Node.js <19.2.0, <18.14.1, <16.19.1, <14.21.3 that in some cases did does not clear the OpenSSL error stack after operations that may set it. This may lead to false positive errors during subsequent cryptographic operations that happen to be on the same thread. This in turn could be used to cause a denial of service.

The weakness was released 02/24/2023. The advisory is shared at nodejs.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-23919 since 01/19/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 216256 (Oracle Linux 8 : nodejs:20 (ELSA-2025-1351)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 14.21.3, 16.19.1, 18.14.1 or 19.2.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at nodejs.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (216256), EUVD (EUVD-2023-28001) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2023-0414). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• IBM DB2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Fedora Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• IBM Spectrum Protect
• Open Source Node.js
• IBM DataPower Gateway
• RESF Rocky Linux

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Type

• JavaScript Library

Name

• Node.js

Version

• 14.21.0
• 14.21.1
• 14.21.2
• 16.0
• 16.1
• 16.2
• 16.3
• 16.4
• 16.5
• 16.6
• 16.7
• 16.8
• 16.9
• 16.10
• 16.11
• 16.12
• 16.13
• 16.14
• 16.15
• 16.16
• 16.17
• 16.18
• 16.19.0
• 18.0
• 18.1
• 18.2
• 18.3
• 18.4
• 18.5
• 18.6
• 18.7
• 18.8
• 18.9
• 18.10
• 18.11
• 18.12
• 18.13
• 18.14.0
• 19.0
• 19.1

License

• open-source

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