CVE-2023-30588

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 17
Modified
Published: 28 Nov 2023, 19:15
Last modified:03 Nov 2025, 21:48

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
21/100
CVSS Score
5.3 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.03% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

28 Nov 2023, 19:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Nov 2025, 21:48
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

When an invalid public key is used to create an x509 certificate using the crypto.X509Certificate() API a non-expect termination occurs making it susceptible to DoS attacks when the attacker could force interruptions of application processing, as the process terminates when accessing public key info of provided certificates from user code. The current context of the users will be gone, and that will cause a DoS scenario. This vulnerability affects all active Node.js versions v16, v18, and, v20.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1MEDIUMScore: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.03% Percentile: 9%

Affected Systems

  • nodejsnode

    ≥ 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.* | ≥ 15.0, < 15.* | ≥ 16.0, < 16.20.1 | ≥ 17.0, < 17.* | ≥ 18.0, < 18.16.1 | ≥ 19.0, < 19.* | ≥ 20.0, < 20.3.1

  • nodejsnode.js

    ≥ 16.0.0, < 16.20.1 | ≥ 18.0.0, < 18.16.1 | ≥ 20.0.0, < 20.3.1

References (3)