CVE-2022-32222 (GCVE-0-2022-32222)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-07-14 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-30 22:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A cryptographic vulnerability exists on Node.js on linux in versions of 18.x prior to 18.40.0 which allowed a default path for openssl.cnf that might be accessible under some circumstances to a non-admin user instead of /etc/ssl as was the case in versions prior to the upgrade to OpenSSL 3.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-310 - Cryptographic Issues - Generic (CWE-310)
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NodeJS | Node |
Affected:
4.0 , < 4.*
(semver)
Affected: 5.0 , < 5.* (semver) Affected: 6.0 , < 6.* (semver) Affected: 7.0 , < 7.* (semver) Affected: 8.0 , < 8.* (semver) Affected: 9.0 , < 9.* (semver) Affected: 10.0 , < 10.* (semver) Affected: 11.0 , < 11.* (semver) Affected: 12.0 , < 12.* (semver) Affected: 13.0 , < 13.* (semver) Affected: 14.0 , < 14.20.0 (semver) Affected: 15.0 , < 15.* (semver) Affected: 16.0 , < 16.20.0 (semver) Affected: 17.0 , < 17.* (semver) Affected: 18.0 , < 18.9.1 (semver) |
guessed |
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