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.
CVE-2023-23919
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2023-02-23. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 80.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 23, 2023
Last Modified
March 12, 2025
References (6)
- support@hackeronehttps://hackerone.com/reports/1808596
- support@hackeronehttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/
- support@hackeronehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackerone.com/reports/1808596
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0008/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-23919(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2023:2654Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: nodejs:18 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2023:1583Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: nodejs:18 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2023:1582Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: nodejs:16 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | nodejs-doc (18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2.1) @ mantic | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| redhat | nodejs:18-9020020230327152102.rhel9 | 2023-05-09 | redhat |
| redhat | nodejs:16-8070020230314140722.bd1311ed | 2023-04-04 | redhat |
| redhat | nodejs:18-8070020230322080930.bd1311ed | 2023-04-04 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2023-239192023-02-27
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.
- UbuntuUSN-6672-1MEDIUM
Node.js vulnerabilities
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