CVE-2023-30586

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...

PT-2023-4509 · Node.Js +1 · Node.Js +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Node.js version 20 Description: A privilege escalation issue exists due to insufficient access control in the crypto.setEngine method of Node.js. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to bypass existing security restrictions. The attack...