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TI-2022-15934 Aliases CVE-2022-35255GHSA-p36x-w6hr-88jp

A weak randomness in WebCrypto keygen vulnerability exists in Node.js 18 due to a change…

Priority MEDIUM 51CWE-338Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

A weak randomness in WebCrypto keygen vulnerability exists in Node.js 18 due to a change with EntropySource() in SecretKeyGenTraits::DoKeyGen() in src/crypto/crypto_keygen.cc. There are two problems with this: 1) It does not check the return value, it assumes EntropySource() always succeeds, but it can (and sometimes will) fail. 2) The random data returned byEntropySource() may not be cryptographically strong and therefore not suitable as keying material.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.02091 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Node (NodeJS): 18.9.1Red Hat: 3 advisories

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
NodeJSNode4.0 and later; 5.0 and later; 6.0 and later; 7.0 and later; 8.0 and later; 9.0 and later; 10.0 and later; 11.0 and later; 12.0 and later; 13.0 and later; 15.0 and later; 17.0 and later; 18.0 to before 18.9.118.9.1Patch availableCNA
  • Node VendorNodeJS Affected 4.0 and later; 5.0 and later; 6.0 and later; 7.0 and later; 8.0 and later; 9.0 and later; 10.0 and later; 11.0 and later; 12.0 and later; 13.0 and later; 15.0 and later; 17.0 and later; 18.0 to before 18.9.1 Fixed in 18.9.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 8

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*15.0.0 – 15.14.0; 16.0.0 – 16.12.0VulnerableNodeJS
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*16.13.0 to before 16.17.1VulnerableNodeJS
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*18.0.0 to before 18.9.1VulnerableNodeJS
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.0VulnerableSiemens
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:1.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0VulnerableSiemens
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:1.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0 sp1VulnerableSiemens
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:1.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0 sp2VulnerableSiemens
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 15.0.0 – 15.14.0; 16.0.0 – 16.12.0 Vulnerable ·NodeJS
  • cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 16.13.0 to before 16.17.1 Vulnerable ·NodeJS
  • cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 18.0.0 to before 18.9.1 Vulnerable ·NodeJS
  • cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.0 Vulnerable ·Siemens
  • cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:1.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·Siemens
  • cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:1.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 sp1 Vulnerable ·Siemens
  • cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_ins:1.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 sp2 Vulnerable ·Siemens
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Node (NodeJS) Fixed in 18.9.1

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2022:7821 Released 2022-11-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    nodejs:18 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) nodejs-1:18.9.1-1.module+el8.7.0+16806+4109802b.aarch64::nodejs:18, nodejs-1:18.9.1-1.module+el8.7.0+16806+4109802b.ppc64le::nodejs:18, nodejs-1:18.9.1-1.module+el8.7.0+16806+4109802b.s390x::nodejs:18 +20
  • RHSA-2022:6963 Released 2022-10-18 · Red Hat rating Important
    nodejs security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) nodejs-1:16.17.1-1.el9_0, nodejs-docs-1:16.17.1-1.el9_0, nodejs-full-i18n-1:16.17.1-1.el9_0 +2
  • RHSA-2022:6964 Released 2022-10-17 · Red Hat rating Important
    nodejs:16 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) nodejs-1:16.17.1-1.module+el8.6.0+16848+a483195a.aarch64::nodejs:16, nodejs-1:16.17.1-1.module+el8.6.0+16848+a483195a.ppc64le::nodejs:16, nodejs-1:16.17.1-1.module+el8.6.0+16848+a483195a.s390x::nodejs:16 +19

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2022:6964, RHSA-2022:7821
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2022:6963
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Software Collections

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-35255
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p36x-w6hr-88jp

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 3

  • TI-2026-79288 Out-of-bounds write in Google Brotli decoder KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-01993 The DES and Triple DES ciphers, as used in the TLS, SSH, and IPSec protocols and other… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-03325 Command injection vulnerability in programing languages on Microsoft Windows operating system. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-03472 X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-03315 X.509 Email Address 4-byte Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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