Node.js - v20.5.1

This is a security release.

Notable Changes

The following CVEs are fixed in this release:

• CVE-2023-32002: Policies can be bypassed via Module._load (High)
• CVE-2023-32558: process.binding() can bypass the permission model through path traversal (High)
• CVE-2023-32004: Permission model can be bypassed by specifying a path traversal sequence in a Buffer (High)
• CVE-2023-32006: Policies can be bypassed by module.constructor.createRequire (Medium)
• CVE-2023-32559: Policies can be bypassed via process.binding (Medium)
• CVE-2023-32005: fs.statfs can bypass the permission model (Low)
• CVE-2023-32003: fs.mkdtemp() and fs.mkdtempSync() can bypass the permission model (Low)
• OpenSSL Security Releases
• OpenSSL security advisory 14th July.
• OpenSSL security advisory 19th July.
• OpenSSL security advisory 31st July

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

Commits

• [92300b51b4] - deps: update archs files for openssl-3.0.10+quic1 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #49036
• [559698abf2] - deps: upgrade openssl sources to quictls/openssl-3.0.10+quic1 (Node.js GitHub Bot) #49036
• [1bf3429e8e] - lib,permission: restrict process.binding when pm is enabled (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#438
• [98a83a67e6] - permission: ensure to resolve path when calling mkdtemp (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#464
• [1f0cde466b] - permission: handle buffer path on fs calls (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#439
• [bd094d60ea] - permission: handle fstatfs and add pm supported list (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#441
• [7337d21484] - policy: handle Module.constructor and main.extensions bypass (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#417
• [cf348ec640] - policy: disable process.binding() when enabled (Tobias Nießen) nodejs-private/node-private#397