OpenSSL configuration hijacking via embedded build path
Published Jul 14, 2022 · Updated Apr 30, 2025
Configuration hijacking in Node.js allows local users to alter another user's OpenSSL settings during process startup. Node.js embeds a build-time OPENSSLDIR path and loads openssl.cnf from /home/iojs/build/ws/out/Release/obj.target/deps/openssl instead of the system directory. The issue affects Linux 18.0.0 through 18.4.0 and macOS 18.0.0 through 18.9.0 on shared hosts where an attacker controls the iojs home path.
Summary
What happened
Configuration hijacking in Node.js allows local users to alter another user's OpenSSL settings during process startup. Node.js embeds a build-time OPENSSLDIR path and loads openssl.cnf from /home/iojs/build/ws/out/Release/obj.target/deps/openssl instead of the system directory. The issue affects Linux 18.0.0 through 18.4.0 and macOS 18.0.0 through 18.9.0 on shared hosts where an attacker controls the iojs home path.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-32222
- Published
- Jul 14, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 30, 2025
- Vendor
- Node.js
- Product
- Node.js
- Classifications
- CWE-310, CWE-427
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 14, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 30, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0 <10.*
- Affected versionversion=11.0 <11.*
- Affected versionversion=12.0 <12.*
- Affected versionversion=13.0 <13.*
- Affected versionversion=14.0 <14.20.0
- Affected versionversion=15.0 <15.*
- Affected versionversion=16.0 <16.20.0
- Affected versionversion=17.0 <17.*
- Affected versionversion=18.0 <18.9.1
- Affected versionversion=4.0 <4.*
- Affected versionversion=5.0 <5.*
- Affected versionversion=6.0 <6.*
- Affected versionversion=7.0 <7.*
- Affected versionversion=8.0 <8.*
- Affected versionversion=9.0 <9.*
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