Node.js 16.x < 16.19.1, 18.x < 18.14.1, 19.x < 19.6.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities - 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.149367");
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 03:52:42 +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:"2023-02-24 18:38:00 +0000 (Fri, 24 Feb 2023)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-23936", "CVE-2023-24807");
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 < 19.6.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Windows");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
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 multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following vulnerabilities exist:
- CVE-2023-23936: Fetch API in Node.js did not protect against CRLF injection in host headers
- CVE-2023-24807: Regular expression denial of service in headers in Node.js fetch API");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Node.js version 16.x through 16.19.0, 18.x through 18.14.0 and
19.x through 19.6.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 16.19.1, 18.14.1, 19.6.1 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: "19.6.1")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "19.6.1", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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09 Jun 2025 00:00Current
7High risk
Vulners AI Score7
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.01304
SSVC