CVE-2022-32222: Node.js

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A cryptographic vulnerability exists on Node.js on linux in versions of 18.x prior to 18.40.0 which allowed a default path for openssl.cnf that might be accessible under some circumstances to a non-admin user instead of /etc/ssl as was the case in versions prior to the upgrade to OpenSSL 3.

Affected products

• Node.js Node.js: from 18.0.0, before 18.5.0 (fixed in 18.5.0)
• Siemens Sinec Ins: before 1.0 (fixed in 1.0); version 1.0 only

Published 2022-07-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.