Riskcovery

CVE-2023-30590

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Nov 28, 2023
Updated
Oct 8, 2026
Reserved
Apr 13, 2023

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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The generateKeys() API function returned from crypto.createDiffieHellman() only generates missing (or outdated) keys, that is, it only generates a private key if none has been set yet, but the function is also needed to compute the corresponding public key after calling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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
NodeNodeJS
  • 4.0 to before 4.*Affected
  • 5.0 to before 5.*Affected
  • 6.0 to before 6.*Affected
  • 7.0 to before 7.*Affected
  • 8.0 to before 8.*Affected
  • 9.0 to before 9.*Affected
  • 10.0 to before 10.*Affected
  • 11.0 to before 11.*Affected
  • 12.0 to before 12.*Affected
  • 13.0 to before 13.*Affected
  • 14.0 to before 14.*Affected
  • 15.0 to before 15.*Affected
  • 16.0 to before 16.20.1Affected
  • 17.0 to before 17.*Affected
  • 18.0 to before 18.16.1Affected
  • 19.0 to before 19.*Affected
  • 20.0 to before 20.3.1Affected

References

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