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.
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"introduced": "18.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "18.5.0"
},
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.0"
},
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "1.0-NA"
},
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"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "1.0-sp1"
},
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"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "1.0-sp2"
}
]
}