🛡️ CVE-2023-30590 on Ubuntu — nodejs

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

The generateKeys() API function returned from crypto.createDiffieHellman() only generates missing (or outdated) keys, that is, it only generates a private key if none has been set yet, but the function is also needed to compute the corresponding public key after calling setPrivateKey(). However, the documentation says this API call: "Generates private and public Diffie-Hellman key values". The documented behavior is very different from the actual behavior, and this difference could easily lead to security issues in applications that use these APIs as the DiffieHellman may be used as the basis for application-level security, implications are consequently broad.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-30590 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package nodejs. The fix is available in version 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.5; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

Affected software and timeline

Affected software: nodejs (fixed in 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.5). Published on 28 November 2023 and last revised on 22 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
nodejs.org (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)

CVE-2023-30590 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-11-28
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-04-22
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
nodejs — 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.5

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