CVE-2023-30586

Name	CVE-2023-30586
Description	A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Node.js 20 that allowed loading arbitrary OpenSSL engines when the experimental permission model is enabled, which can bypass and/or disable the permission model. The attack complexity is high. However, the crypto.setEngine() API can be used to bypass the permission model when called with a compatible OpenSSL engine. The OpenSSL engine can, for example, disable the permission model in the host process by manipulating the process's stack memory to locate the permission model Permission::enabled_ in the host process's heap memory. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the permission model is an experimental feature of Node.js.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
nodejs (PTS)	jessie	0.10.29~dfsg-2	fixed
	stretch	4.8.2~dfsg-1	fixed
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u4	fixed
	bullseye	12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4	fixed
	bullseye (security)	12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u5	fixed
	bookworm	18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u2	fixed
	bookworm (security)	18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	20.18.1+dfsg-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
nodejs	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

Notes

- nodejs <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 20.x)
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2023-security-releases#openssl-engines-can-be-used-to-bypass-the-permission-model-medium-cve-2023-30586