CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-32223
7.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-07-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427
Description
Node.js is vulnerable to Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Hijacking under certain conditions on Windows platforms.This vulnerability can be exploited if the victim has the following dependencies on a Windows machine:* OpenSSL has been installed and “C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL\openssl.cnf” exists.Whenever the above conditions are present, `node.exe` will search for `providers.dll` in the current user directory.After that, `node.exe` will try to search for `providers.dll` by the DLL Search Order in Windows.It is possible for an attacker to place the malicious file `providers.dll` under a variety of paths and exploit this vulnerability.
Affected configurations
• nodejs node.js (>= 14.0.0 <= 14.14.0)
• nodejs node.js (>= 14.14.0 < 14.20.0)
• nodejs node.js (>= 16.0.0 <= 16.12.0)
• nodejs node.js (>= 16.13.0 < 16.16.0)
• nodejs node.js (>= 18.0.0 < 18.0.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness
References
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1447455 Permissions Required
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2022-security-releases/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220915-0001/ Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1447455 Permissions Required
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2022-security-releases/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220915-0001/ Third Party Advisory