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Vulnerability details: VCID-gnh8-babc-vqfr
Vulnerability ID VCID-gnh8-babc-vqfr
Aliases CVE-2023-30590
Summary The generateKeys() API function returned from crypto.createDiffieHellman() only generates missing (or outdated) keys, that is, it only generates a private key if none has been set yet, but the function is also needed to compute the corresponding public key after calling setPrivateKey(). However, the documentation says this API call: "Generates private and public Diffie-Hellman key values". The documented behavior is very different from the actual behavior, and this difference could easily lead to security issues in applications that use these APIs as the DiffieHellman may be used as the basis for application-level security, implications are consequently broad.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-30590.json
epss 0.00525 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30590
epss 0.00525 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30590
epss 0.00525 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30590
epss 0.00637 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30590
epss 0.00637 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30590
epss 0.00637 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30590
epss 0.00637 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30590
epss 0.00637 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30590
epss 0.00637 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30590
epss 0.00637 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30590
epss 0.00637 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30590
epss 0.00637 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30590
epss 0.00637 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30590
epss 0.00637 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30590
epss 0.00637 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30590
epss 0.00637 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30590
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30590
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-30590.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-30590
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-30590
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1039990 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1039990
2219842 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219842
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2023-30590 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30590
RHSA-2023:4330 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4330
RHSA-2023:4331 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4331
RHSA-2023:4536 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4536
RHSA-2023:4537 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4537
RHSA-2023:5361 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5361
RHSA-2023:5533 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5533
USN-6735-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6735-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-30590.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30590
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.66193
EPSS Score 0.00525
Published At Aug. 1, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:36:46.704332+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/6735-1/ 37.0.0