ALPINE-CVE-2022-35255

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CVE-2022-35255
Published: 05 Dec 2022, 22:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:49

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.1 CRITICAL
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

05 Dec 2022, 22:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:49
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A weak randomness in WebCrypto keygen vulnerability exists in Node.js 18 due to a change with EntropySource() in SecretKeyGenTraits::DoKeyGen() in src/crypto/crypto_keygen.cc. There are two problems with this: 1) It does not check the return value, it assumes EntropySource() always succeeds, but it can (and sometimes will) fail. 2) The random data returned byEntropySource() may not be cryptographically strong and therefore not suitable as keying material.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Systems

  • alpine•nodejs

    < 16.17.1-r0 | < 16.17.1-r0 | < 16.17.1-r0 | < 16.17.1-r0 | < 16.17.1-r0 | < 16.17.1-r0 | < 16.17.1-r0 | < 16.17.1-r0 | < 16.17.1-r0

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