Observable Timing Discrepancy Affecting node package, versions [,18.19.1)[19.0.0,20.11.1)[21.0.0,21.6.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UPSTREAM-NODE-6252330
  • published18 Feb 2024
  • disclosed16 Feb 2024
  • creditHubert Kario

Introduced: 16 Feb 2024

CVE-2023-46809  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-203  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade node to version 18.19.1, 20.11.1, 21.6.2 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Observable Timing Discrepancy due to the implementation of PKCS#1 v1.5 padding. An attacker can infer the private key used in the cryptographic operation by observing the time taken to execute cryptographic operations (Marvin).

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1