ALPINE-CVE-2023-23919

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CVE-2023-23919
Published: 23 Feb 2023, 20:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:52

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Feb 2023, 20:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:52
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•nodejs

    < 16.19.1-r0 | < 16.19.1-r0 | < 18.14.1-r0 | < 18.14.1-r0 | < 18.14.1-r0 | < 18.14.1-r0 | < 18.14.1-r0 | < 18.14.1-r0 | < 18.14.1-r0

References (1)