Vulnerability · Published Nov 28, 2023 · Assigned by hackerone
CVE-2023-30590
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Node from NodeJS. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
The generateKeys() API function returned from crypto.createDiffieHellman() only generates missing (or outdated) keys, that is, it only generates a private key if none has been set yet, but the function is also needed to compute the corresponding public key after calling setPrivateKey(). However, the documentation says this API call: "Generates private and public Diffie-Hellman key values". The documented behavior is very different from the actual behavior, and this difference could easily lead to security issues in applications that use these APIs as the DiffieHellman may be used as the basis for application-level security, implications are consequently broad.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs | 1:18.16.1-1.module_el8.8.0+3595+0818e803 | ALSA-2023:4536 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs | 1:16.20.1-1.module_el8.8.0+3594+e74fe53f | ALSA-2023:4537 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs | 1:18.16.1-1.module_el9.2.0+31+cbae0c8e | ALSA-2023:4330 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs | 1:16.20.1-1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:4331 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-devel | 1:16.20.1-1.module_el8.8.0+3594+e74fe53f | ALSA-2023:4537 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-devel | 1:18.16.1-1.module_el8.8.0+3595+0818e803 | ALSA-2023:4536 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-devel | 1:18.16.1-1.module_el9.2.0+31+cbae0c8e | ALSA-2023:4330 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-docs | 1:18.16.1-1.module_el8.8.0+3595+0818e803 | ALSA-2023:4536 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-docs | 1:16.20.1-1.module_el8.8.0+3594+e74fe53f | ALSA-2023:4537 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-docs | 1:16.20.1-1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:4331 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-docs | 1:18.16.1-1.module_el9.2.0+31+cbae0c8e | ALSA-2023:4330 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-full-i18n | 1:16.20.1-1.module_el8.8.0+3594+e74fe53f | ALSA-2023:4537 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-full-i18n | 1:18.16.1-1.module_el8.8.0+3595+0818e803 | ALSA-2023:4536 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-full-i18n | 1:18.16.1-1.module_el9.2.0+31+cbae0c8e | ALSA-2023:4330 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-full-i18n | 1:16.20.1-1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:4331 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-libs | 1:16.20.1-1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:4331 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 2.0.20-3.module_el8.8.0+3586+d4fc0b72 | ALSA-2023:4537 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 2.0.20-2.module_el8.8.0+3587+ee652244 | ALSA-2023:4536 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-nodemon | 2.0.20-2.module_el9.2.0+29+de583a0b | ALSA-2023:4330 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 2021.06-4.module_el8.7.0+3343+ea2b7901 | ALSA-2023:4536 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 25-1.module_el8.5.0+2605+45d748af | ALSA-2023:4537 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-packaging | 2021.06-4.module_el9.1.0+13+d9a595ea | ALSA-2023:4330 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-packaging-bundler | 2021.06-4.module_el8.7.0+3343+ea2b7901 | ALSA-2023:4536 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | nodejs-packaging-bundler | 2021.06-4.module_el9.1.0+13+d9a595ea | ALSA-2023:4330 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | npm | 1:9.5.1-1.18.16.1.1.module_el8.8.0+3595+0818e803 | ALSA-2023:4536 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | npm | 1:8.19.4-1.16.20.1.1.module_el8.8.0+3594+e74fe53f | ALSA-2023:4537 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | npm | 1:9.5.1-1.18.16.1.1.module_el9.2.0+31+cbae0c8e | ALSA-2023:4330 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | npm | 1:8.19.4-1.16.20.1.1.el9_2 | ALSA-2023:4331 |
| Debian:12 | nodejs | 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1 | DSA-5589-1 |
| Debian:12 | nodejs | 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-30590 |
| Debian:13 | nodejs | 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-30590 |
| Debian:14 | nodejs | 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-30590 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs | 1:18.16.1-1.module+el8.8.0+1413+a47876c7 | RLSA-2023:4536 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:2.0.20-3.module+el8.7.0+1178+d52dba78 | RLSA-2023:4537 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:2.0.20-2.module+el8.7.0+1177+510ae886 | RLSA-2023:4536 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:25-1.module+el8.7.0+1108+49363b0d | RLSA-2023:4537 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:2021.06-4.module+el8.7.0+1072+5b168780 | RLSA-2023:4536 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | nodejs-packaging | 0:2021.06-4.module+el9.7.0+40022+9ecc286c | RLSA-2023:4330 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | nodejs | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.5 | USN-6735-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | nodejs | 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.5 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-30590 |