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date: 2023-10-25:00:15.000Z
category: vulnerability
title: OpenSSL Recent Security Patches
slug: openssl-fixes-in-regular-releases-oct2023
layout: blog-post.hbs
author: Rafael Gonzaga
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## Summary

The vulnerabilities released in the OpenSSL Security Advisory of:

- OpenSSL 3.0.11 - Tuesday 19th September 2023
- OpenSSL 3.0.12 - Tuesday 24th October 2023

Node.js (Windows) is affected by one vulnerability rated as LOW.
Therefore, these patches will be released in regular releases.

## Analysis

Our assessment of the following security advisories:

- [OpenSSL 3.0.11](https://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-announce/2023-September/000273.html)
- [OpenSSL 3.0.12](https://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-announce/2023-October/000282.html)

is:

### POLY1305 MAC implementation corrupts XMM registers on Windows (CVE-2023-4807) - Low

Node.js is affected by this vulnerability. The CVE-2023-4807
affects Windows users, and the vulnerability is rated as LOW by OpenSSL
Security Team.

### Incorrect cipher key & IV length processing (CVE-2023-5363) - Moderate

Node.js doesn't make use or export `EVP_EncryptInit_ex2()`, `EVP_DecryptInit_ex2()` or
`EVP_CipherInit_ex2()` functions. Node.js is not affected.

### Contact and future updates

The current Node.js security policy can be found at <https://github.com/nodejs/node/security/policy#security>,
including information on how to report a vulnerability in Node.js.

Subscribe to the low-volume announcement-only **nodejs-sec** mailing list at
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nodejs-sec to stay up to date on
security vulnerabilities and security-related releases of Node.js and the
projects maintained in the
[nodejs GitHub organization](https://github.com/nodejs).

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