CVE-2023-30588
MEDIUM
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.06
BB Relevance:
71/100
Published: 2023-11-28
Modified: 2026-11-02
First seen: 2026-11-02
Status: active
Attack Surface
Network
Low Complexity
No Auth
No Interaction
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Network
AC:
Low
PR:
None
UI:
None
S:
Unchanged
C:
None
I:
None
A:
Low
Description
When an invalid public key is used to create an x509 certificate using the crypto.X509Certificate() API a non-expect termination occurs making it susceptible to DoS attacks when the attacker could force interruptions of application processing, as the process terminates when accessing public key info of provided certificates from user code. The current context of the users will be gone, and that will cause a DoS scenario. This vulnerability affects all active Node.js versions v16, v18, and, v20.
Affected Software (18)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| NodeJS | Node | 4.0 < 4.* |
| NodeJS | Node | 5.0 < 5.* |
| NodeJS | Node | 6.0 < 6.* |
| NodeJS | Node | 7.0 < 7.* |
| NodeJS | Node | 8.0 < 8.* |
| NodeJS | Node | 9.0 < 9.* |
| NodeJS | Node | 10.0 < 10.* |
| NodeJS | Node | 11.0 < 11.* |
| NodeJS | Node | 12.0 < 12.* |
| NodeJS | Node | 13.0 < 13.* |
| NodeJS | Node | 14.0 < 14.* |
| NodeJS | Node | 15.0 < 15.* |
| NodeJS | Node | 16.0 < 16.20.1 |
| NodeJS | Node | 17.0 < 17.* |
| NodeJS | Node | 18.0 < 18.16.1 |
| NodeJS | Node | 19.0 < 19.* |
| NodeJS | Node | 20.0 < 20.3.1 |
| nodejs | node.js | 16.0.0 – 16.20.1 |