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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2022-32223 EUVD-2022-53424GHSA-fxjx-rf8x-pxw8

Node.js is vulnerable to Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Hijacking under certain conditions on Windows platforms.This vulnerability can be explo…

Published Jul 14, 2022 · Updated Apr 30, 2025 · Assigned by hackerone

Vendor: Node.js Product: node

Description

Node.js is vulnerable to Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Hijacking under certain conditions on Windows platforms.This vulnerability can be exploited if the victim has the following dependencies on a Windows machine:* OpenSSL has been installed and “C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL\openssl.cnf” exists.Whenever the above conditions are present, `node.exe` will search for `providers.dll` in the current user directory.After that, `node.exe` will try to search for `providers.dll` by the DLL Search Order in Windows.It is possible for an attacker to place the malicious file `providers.dll` under a variety of paths and exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
NodeJS Node 4.0 – < 4.*, 5.0 – < 5.*, 6.0 – < 6.*, 7.0 – < 7.*, 8.0 – < 8.*, 9.0 – < 9.*, 10.0 – < 10.*, 11.0 – < 11.*, 12.0 – < 12.*, 13.0 – < 13.*, 14.0 – < 14.20.0, 15.0 – < 15.*, 16.0 – < 16.20.0, 17.0 – < 17.*, 18.0 – < 18.5.0 4.*

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 nodejs +4 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-084
Amazon Linux 2023 npm 1:8.19.2-1.18.12.1.1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-084
Amazon Linux 2023 v8-devel 2:10.2.154.15-1.18.12.1.1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2023-084

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

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Advisories 5

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