CVE-2022-35255

A weak randomness in WebCrypto keygen vulnerability exists in Node.js 18 due to a change with EntropySource() in SecretKeyGenTraits::DoKeyGen() in src/crypto/crypto_keygen.cc. There are two problems with this: 1) It does not check the return value, it assumes EntropySource() always succeeds, but it can (and sometimes will) fail. 2) The random data returned byEntropySource() may not be cryptographically strong and therefore not suitable as keying material.
PRNG
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
9.1 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 79%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
nodejsnode.js
15.0.0 ≤
𝑥
≤ 15.14.0
nodejsnode.js
16.0.0 ≤
𝑥
≤ 16.12.0
nodejsnode.js
16.13.0 ≤
𝑥
< 16.17.1
nodejsnode.js
18.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 18.9.1
siemenssinec_ins
𝑥
< 1.0
siemenssinec_ins
1.0
siemenssinec_ins
1.0:sp1
siemenssinec_ins
1.0:sp2
debiandebian_linux
11.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
nodejs
bookworm
18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u2
fixed
bookworm (security)
18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1
fixed
bullseye
12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4
fixed
bullseye (security)
12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u5
fixed
buster
not-affected
sid
20.17.0+dfsg-2
fixed
trixie
20.17.0+dfsg-2
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
nodejs
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
kinetic
ignored
lunar
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
openSUSE logo
openSUSE / SLES Releases
openSUSE Product
Release
nodejs16
suse enterprise sap 15 SP3
16.17.1-150300.7.12.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
16.17.1-150400.3.9.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP3
16.17.1-150300.7.12.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
16.17.1-150400.3.9.1
fixed
nodejs16-devel
suse enterprise sap 15 SP3
16.17.1-150300.7.12.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
16.17.1-150400.3.9.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP3
16.17.1-150300.7.12.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
16.17.1-150400.3.9.1
fixed
nodejs16-docs
suse enterprise sap 15 SP3
16.17.1-150300.7.12.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
16.17.1-150400.3.9.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP3
16.17.1-150300.7.12.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
16.17.1-150400.3.9.1
fixed
nodejs18
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
18.13.0-150400.9.3.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP5
18.13.0-150400.9.3.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
18.13.0-150400.9.3.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
18.13.0-150400.9.3.1
fixed
nodejs18-devel
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
18.13.0-150400.9.3.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP5
18.13.0-150400.9.3.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
18.13.0-150400.9.3.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
18.13.0-150400.9.3.1
fixed
nodejs18-docs
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
18.13.0-150400.9.3.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP5
18.13.0-150400.9.3.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
18.13.0-150400.9.3.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
18.13.0-150400.9.3.1
fixed
npm16
suse enterprise sap 15 SP3
16.17.1-150300.7.12.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
16.17.1-150400.3.9.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP3
16.17.1-150300.7.12.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
16.17.1-150400.3.9.1
fixed
npm18
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
18.13.0-150400.9.3.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP5
18.13.0-150400.9.3.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
18.13.0-150400.9.3.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
18.13.0-150400.9.3.1
fixed
Red Hat logo
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Releases
Red Hat Product
Release
nodejs
RHEL 9
1:16.17.1-1.el9_0
fixed
nodejs-docs
RHEL 9
1:16.17.1-1.el9_0
fixed
nodejs-full-i18n
RHEL 9
1:16.17.1-1.el9_0
fixed
nodejs-libs
RHEL 9
1:16.17.1-1.el9_0
fixed
npm
RHEL 9
1:8.15.0-1.16.17.1.1.el9_0
fixed