HIGHCVSS 7.5

CVE-2023-23919

CVE-2023-23919 updated by NVD

Modified: 2026-09-20
Sources: nvd

Summary

A cryptographic vulnerability exists in Node.js <19.2.0, <18.14.1, <16.19.1, <14.21.3 that in some cases did does not clear the OpenSSL error stack after operations that may set it. This may lead to false positive errors during subsequent cryptographic operations that happen to be on the same thread. This in turn could be used to cause a denial of service.

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected versions	Fixed versions
Node.js	node.js	[object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object]	—

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23919

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