description: 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.
problem types: Cryptographic Issues - Generic (CWE-310)
affected:
{
vendor: n/a
product: https://github.com/nodejs/node
versions:
version: Fixed in 18.9.1+, status: affected
}