Node.js 16.x < 16.19.1, 18.x < 18.14.1, 19.x < 19.2.0 DoS Vulnerability - Windows
🗓️ 27 Feb 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:nodejs:node.js";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.149365");
script_version("2025-06-09T05:41:14+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-06-09 05:41:14 +0000 (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-02-27 03:42:09 +0000 (Mon, 27 Feb 2023)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-03-03 20:17:00 +0000 (Fri, 03 Mar 2023)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-23919");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Node.js 16.x < 16.19.1, 18.x < 18.14.1, 19.x < 19.2.0 DoS Vulnerability - Windows");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_nodejs_smb_login_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("nodejs/smb-login/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Node.js is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"In some cases Node.js 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.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Node.js version 16.x through 16.19.0, 18.x through 18.14.0 and
19.x prior to 19.2.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 16.19.1, 18.14.1, 19.2.0 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "16.0", test_version_up: "16.19.1")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "16.19.1", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "18.0", test_version_up: "18.14.1")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "18.14.1", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "19.0", test_version_up: "19.2.0")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "19.2.0", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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09 Jun 2025 00:00Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.02209
SSVC