7.5

CVE-2023-23919: nodejs node Cryptographic Issues

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2023-23919UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23919DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23919
Published 23-02-2023Last modified 30-04-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-23919 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in nodejs node. EPSS estimates a 2.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
2.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 8
DSA-5589-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12725-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12726-1RHSA-2023:1582RHSA-2023:1583RHSA-2023:2654

Timeline

  1. 23-02-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability 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

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.21% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (hackerone.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Nodejs2 products
  • node≥ 4.0, < 4.* | ≥ 5.0, < 5.* | ≥ 6.0, < 6.* | ≥ 7.0, < 7.* | ≥ 8.0, < 8.* | ≥ 9.0, < 9.* | ≥ 10.0, < 10.* | ≥ 11.0, < 11.* | ≥ 12.0, < 12.* | ≥ 13.0, < 13.* | ≥ 14.0, < 14.21.3 | ≥ 15.0, < 15.* | ≥ 16.0, < 16.19.1 | ≥ 17.0, < 17.* | ≥ 18.0, < 18.14.1 | ≥ 19.0, < 19.2.0
  • node.js≥ 14.0.0, ≤ 14.14.0 | ≥ 14.0.0, < 14.21.3 | ≥ 16.0.0, ≤ 16.12.0 | ≥ 16.0.0, < 16.19.1 | ≥ 18.0.0, ≤ 18.11.0 | ≥ 18.0.0, < 18.14.1 | ≥ 19.0.0, < 19.2.0
Alpine1 product
  • nodejs< 16.19.1-r0 | < 18.14.1-r0
Debian1 product
  • nodejs< 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1 | < 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • nodejs< 18.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu4

4 vendors · 5 products

References

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