CVE catalog
CVE-2023-23919
nodejs: CVE-2023-23919
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.21% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | nodejs | sid | 24.22.1+dfsg+~cs24.19.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | nodejs | forky | 24.21.0+dfsg+~cs24.13.4-1 | fixed |
| Debian | nodejs | trixie | 20.19.2+dfsg-1+deb13u2 | fixed |
| Debian | nodejs | trixie-security | 20.19.2+dfsg-1+deb13u3 | fixed |
| Debian | nodejs | bookworm | 18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2 | fixed |
| Debian | nodejs | bookworm-security | 18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u3 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.15 | 16.19.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.16 | 16.19.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.17 | 18.14.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.18 | 18.14.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.19 | 18.14.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.20 | 18.14.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.21 | 18.14.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.22 | 18.14.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.23 | 18.14.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.24 | 18.14.1-r0 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 20.04 | 10.15.2~dfsg-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 20.04 | 10.17.0~dfsg-2ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 20.04 | 10.17.0~dfsg-2ubuntu6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 20.04 | 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 20.04 | 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 20.04 | 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 20.04 | 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 20.04 | 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.5~dfsg-5ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.7~dfsg-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.7~dfsg-2ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | 22.04 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 | fixed |
| Cpe | node.js | Not reported | 19.2.0 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | nodejs | source | sid | 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1031834] |
| Debian | nodejs | source | forky | 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1031834] |
| Debian | nodejs | source | trixie | 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1031834] |
| Debian | nodejs | source | bookworm | 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1031834] |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.15 | 16.19.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-23919 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.16 | 16.19.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-23919 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.17 | 18.14.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-23919 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.18 | 18.14.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-23919 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.19 | 18.14.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-23919 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.20 | 18.14.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-23919 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.21 | 18.14.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-23919 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.22 | 18.14.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-23919 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.23 | 18.14.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-23919 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.24 | 18.14.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-23919 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | deb | 20.04 | 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5 | Not reported | USN-6672-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | nodejs | deb | 22.04 | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 | Not reported | USN-6672-1 | Not reported |
| Cpe | node.js | cpe | Not reported | 19.2.0 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2023-23919 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2023_1582.json]
- [https://hackerone.com/reports/1808596]
- [https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23919]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2023-23919]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-23919]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23919]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6672-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-23919]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-23919.json]
- [https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-1424.json]
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