Node.js - v18.16.1

This is a security release.

Notable Changes

The following CVEs are fixed in this release:

• CVE-2023-30581: mainModule.__proto__ Bypass Experimental Policy Mechanism (High)
• CVE-2023-30585: Privilege escalation via Malicious Registry Key manipulation during Node.js installer repair process (Medium)
• CVE-2023-30588: Process interuption due to invalid Public Key information in x509 certificates (Medium)
• CVE-2023-30589: HTTP Request Smuggling via Empty headers separated by CR (Medium)
• CVE-2023-30590: DiffieHellman does not generate keys after setting a private key (Medium)
• OpenSSL Security Releases
• OpenSSL security advisory 28th March.
• OpenSSL security advisory 20th April.
• OpenSSL security advisory 30th May
• c-ares vulnerabilities:
• GHSA-9g78-jv2r-p7vc
• GHSA-8r8p-23f3-64c2
• GHSA-54xr-f67r-4pc4
• GHSA-x6mf-cxr9-8q6v

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

Commits

• [bf3e2c8928] - crypto: handle cert with invalid SPKI gracefully (Tobias Nießen) nodejs-private/node-private#393
• [70f9449072] - deps: set CARES_RANDOM_FILE for c-ares (Richard Lau) #48156
• [35d4efb57b] - deps: update c-ares to 1.19.1 (RafaelGSS) #48115
• [392dfedc77] - deps: update archs files for openssl-3.0.9-quic1 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #48402
• [46cd5fe38b] - deps: upgrade openssl sources to quictls/openssl-3.0.9-quic1 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #48402
• [7e3d2d85c2] - doc,test: clarify behavior of DH generateKeys (Tobias Nießen) nodejs-private/node-private#426
• [4ff6ba050a] - http: disable request smuggling via rempty headers (Paolo Insogna) nodejs-private/node-private#428
• [ab269129a6] - msi: do not create AppData\Roaming\npm (Tobias Nießen) nodejs-private/node-private#408
• [925e8f5619] - policy: handle mainModule.__proto__ bypass (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#416
• [d6fae8e47e] - test: allow SIGBUS in signal-handler abort test (Michaël Zasso) #47851