Node.js - v18.14.1

This is a security release.

Notable Changes

The following CVEs are fixed in this release:

• CVE-2023-23918: Node.js Permissions policies can be bypassed via process.mainModule (High)
• CVE-2023-23919: Node.js OpenSSL error handling issues in nodejs crypto library (Medium)
• CVE-2023-23936: Fetch API in Node.js did not protect against CRLF injection in host headers (Medium)
• CVE-2023-24807: Regular Expression Denial of Service in Headers in Node.js fetch API (Low)
• CVE-2023-23920: Node.js insecure loading of ICU data through ICU_DATA environment variable (Low)

More detailed information on each of the vulnerabilities can be found in February 2023 Security Releases blog post.

This security release includes OpenSSL security updates as outlined in the recent
OpenSSL security advisory.

Commits

• [8393ebc72d] - build: build ICU with ICU_NO_USER_DATA_OVERRIDE (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#379
• [004e34d046] - crypto: clear OpenSSL error on invalid ca cert (RafaelGSS) #46572
• [5e0142a852] - deps: cherry-pick Windows ARM64 fix for openssl (Richard Lau) #46572
• [f71fe278a6] - deps: update archs files for quictls/openssl-3.0.8+quic (RafaelGSS) #46572
• [2c6817e42b] - deps: upgrade openssl sources to quictls/openssl-3.0.8+quic (RafaelGSS) #46572
• [f0afa0bfe5] - deps: update undici to 5.19.1 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #46634
• [c26a34c13e] - deps: update undici to 5.18.0 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #46634
• [db93ee4a15] - deps: update undici to 5.17.1 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #46634
• [b4e49fb02c] - deps: update undici to 5.16.0 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #46634
• [90994e6a2c] - deps: update undici to 5.15.1 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #46634
• [00302fc7ac] - deps: update undici to 5.15.0 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #46634
• [0e3b796cc5] - lib: makeRequireFunction patch when experimental policy (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#371
• [7cccd5565f] - policy: makeRequireFunction on mainModule.require (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#371