CVE-2023-46809: Node.js Node

High severity, CVSS 7.4. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Node.js versions which bundle an unpatched version of OpenSSL or run against a dynamically linked version of OpenSSL which are unpatched are vulnerable to the Marvin Attack - https://people.redhat.com/~hkario/marvin/, if PCKS #1 v1.5 padding is allowed when performing RSA descryption using a private key.

Affected products

• Node.js Node: from 4.0, before 5 (fixed in 5); from 5.0, before 6 (fixed in 6); from 6.0, before 7 (fixed in 7); from 7.0, before 8 (fixed in 8); from 8.0, before 9 (fixed in 9); from 9.0, before 10 (fixed in 10); …
• Node.js Node.js: from 18.0, up to and including 18.19.0; from 20.0, up to and including 20.11.0; from 21.0, up to and including 21.6.0

Published 2024-09-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.