Bug 2219837 (CVE-2023-30586)

Summary: CVE-2023-30586 nodejs: OpenSSL engines can be used to bypass the permission model
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
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A vulnerability has been identified in the Node.js 20, allows loading arbitrary OpenSSL engines when the experimental permission model is enabled, which can bypass and/or disable the permission model.
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Bug Depends On: 2220764, 2220765, 2220760, 2220761, 2220762, 2220763, 2220766, 2220767, 2220768, 2220769, 2220770, 2220771    
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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2023-07-05 14:59:58 UTC
Node.js 20 allows loading arbitrary OpenSSL engines when the experimental permission model is enabled, which can bypass and/or disable the permission model.

References:
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2023-security-releases

Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2023-07-06 05:25:17 UTC
Created nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2220765]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2220763]


Created nodejs:14/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2220762]


Created nodejs:16-epel/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2220764]


Created nodejs:16/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2220761]


Created nodejs:18/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2220760]