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DLL Hijacking Affecting node package, versions [,14.20.0) [16.0.0,16.16.0) [17.0.0, 18.5.0)

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.05% (21st percentile)
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NVD
7.3 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UPSTREAM-NODE-2946727
  • published 10 Jul 2022
  • disclosed 10 Jul 2022
  • credit Yakir Kadkoda
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Introduced: 10 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-32223 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-427 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade node to version 14.20.0, 16.16.0, 18.5.0 or higher.

Overview

node is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to DLL Hijacking. on Windows based systems running OpenSSL that use a C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL\openssl.cnf file. Attackers could place a malicious providers.dll file at one of the locations checked according to DLL Search Order and it would be used by the application.