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CVE-2022-32223: Node.js is vulnerable to Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Hijacking under certain conditions on Windows platforms.This vulnerability can be exploi

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)

  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.7% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 77.8% of all records.
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: NodeJS Node 10.*, 11.*, 12.*.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to NodeJS Node 10.*, 11.*, 12.* or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Node.js is vulnerable to Hijack Execution Flow: DLL Hijacking under certain conditions on Windows platforms.This vulnerability can be exploited if the victim has the following dependencies on a Windows machine:* OpenSSL has been installed and “C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL\openssl.cnf” exists.Whenever the above conditions are present, `node.exe` will search for `providers.dll` in the current user directory.After that, `node.exe` will try to search for `providers.dll` by the DLL Search Order in Windows.It is possible for an attacker to place the malicious file `providers.dll` under a variety of paths and exploit this vulnerability.

HighCVSS 7.3 · v3.1—Proof of concept Fix available
Published
Jul 14, 2022
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
1.7% · 77th percentile

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30

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
29 / 40 · 7.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 1.7%

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Affected versions

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  • nodejs node.js14.0.0 and later · up to 14.14.0 inclusive
  • nodejs node.js14.14.0 and later · before 14.20.0
  • nodejs node.js16.0.0 and later · up to 16.12.0 inclusive
  • nodejs node.js16.13.0 and later · before 16.16.0
  • nodejs node.js18.0.0 and later · before 18.0.5

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (hackerone). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • NodeJS Node

    • 4.0 and later · before 4.*affected · semver
    • 5.0 and later · before 5.*affected · semver
    • 6.0 and later · before 6.*affected · semver
    • 7.0 and later · before 7.*affected · semver
    • 8.0 and later · before 8.*affected · semver
    • 9.0 and later · before 9.*affected · semver
    • 10.0 and later · before 10.*affected · semver
    • 11.0 and later · before 11.*affected · semver
    • 12.0 and later · before 12.*affected · semver
    • 13.0 and later · before 13.*affected · semver

Same product

nodejs: all records

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    56Plan
  • CVE-2021-22883Node.js before 10.24.0, 12.21.0, 14.16.0, and 15.10.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when too many connection attempts with an
    53Plan
  • CVE-2021-22930Node.js before 16.6.0, 14.17.4, and 12.22.4 is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit the memory c
    50Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-32212Jul 14, 2022 · A OS Command Injection vulnerability exists in Node.js versions <14.20.0, <16.20.0, <18.5.0 due to an insufficient IsAllowedHost check that
    34Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-32222Jul 14, 2022 · 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 t
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-35255Dec 5, 2022 · A weak randomness in WebCrypto keygen vulnerability exists in Node.js 18 due to a change with EntropySource() in SecretKeyGenTraits::DoKeyGe
    37Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
NodeJS Node10.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node11.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node12.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node13.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node14.20.0Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node15.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node16.20.0Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node17.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node18.5.0Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node4.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node5.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node6.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node7.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node8.*Vendor (CNA)
NodeJS Node9.*Vendor (CNA)
alpine:nodejs0 · Alpine:v3.13Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

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Evidence

  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:32022-10-12

Research context

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Timeline

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  1. Published
  2. First PoC+90 d
  3. TodayOct 29, 2026+1568 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-427 · Uncontrolled Search Path Element

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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