2023-08-09, Version 16.20.2 'Gallium' (LTS), @RafaelGSS

This is a security release.

Notable Changes

The following CVEs are fixed in this release:

• CVE-2023-32002: Policies can be bypassed via Module._load (High)
• CVE-2023-32006: Policies can be bypassed by module.constructor.createRequire (Medium)
• CVE-2023-32559: Policies can be bypassed via process.binding (Medium)
• OpenSSL Security Releases
  • OpenSSL security advisory 14th July.
  • OpenSSL security advisory 19th July.
  • OpenSSL security advisory 31st July

More detailed information on each of the vulnerabilities can be found in August 2023 Security Releases blog post.

Commits

• [40c3958a5a] - deps: update archs files for OpenSSL-1.1.1v (RafaelGSS) #49043
• [a9ac9da89a] - deps: fix openssl crypto clean (RafaelGSS) #49043
• [362d4c7494] - deps: upgrade openssl sources to OpenSSL_1_1_1v (RafaelGSS) #49043
• [d8ccfe9ad4] - policy: handle Module.constructor and main.extensions bypass (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#445
• [242aaa0caa] - policy: disable process.binding() when enabled (Tobias Nießen) nodejs-private/node-private#459