Tuesday August 8th 2023 Security Releases

By Rafael Gonzaga,

(Update 08-Aug-2023) Security Release target August 9th

The Node.js Security Releases will be available on, or shortly after, Wednesday, August 9th, 2023.

Summary

The Node.js project will release new versions of the 16.x, 18.x and 20.x releases lines on or shortly after, Tuesday August 8th 2023 in order to address:

  • 3 high severity issues.
  • 2 medium severity issues.
  • 2 low severity issues.

OpenSSL Security updates

This security release includes the following OpenSSL security updates

Impact

The 20.x release line of Node.js is vulnerable to 3 high severity issues, 2 medium severity issues, and 2 low severity issues.

The 18.x release line of Node.js is vulnerable to 1 high severity issue, and 2 medium severity issues.

The 16.x release line of Node.js is vulnerable to 1 high severity issue, and 2 medium severity issues.

Release timing

Releases will be available on, or shortly after, Tuesday August 8th 2023.

Contact and future updates

The current Node.js security policy can be found at https://nodejs.org/en/security/. Please follow the process outlined in https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/SECURITY.md if you wish 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.

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