CVE-2023-49210

Published Nov 23, 2023

Last updated 5 months ago

CVSS critical 9.8

Overview

Description: The openssl (aka node-openssl) NPM package through 2.0.0 was characterized as "a nonsense wrapper with no real purpose" by its author, and accepts an opts argument that contains a verb field (used for command execution). NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified
CNA Tags: unsupported-when-assigned

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 9.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: CRITICAL

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-77

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:node-openssl_project:node-openssl:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "6BC1E54D-5E58-4AAF-91F2-689D0B1897B4",
            "versionEndIncluding": "2.0.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References