# CVE-2022-32222: Node.js 18: Cryptographic Issues - Generic (CWE-310)

CVE-2022-32222 is fixed in 53 products on 2 platforms, first by Node.js 18 18.5.0, released July 6, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-32222
- Priority: Routine
- CVSS: 5.3 (IMPORTANT)
- EPSS: 0.0219
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Jul 14, 2022
- Weakness: CWE-310: Cryptographic Issues - Generic (CWE-310)
- Vendor advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-32222

## Description

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.

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows apps | Node.js 18 | 18.5.0 | [Node.js 18 18.5.0](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/windows-app/openjs.nodejs.18-18.5.0.md) | Jul 6, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11 ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11 ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-devel ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-devel ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-espresso ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-espresso ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-espresso-llvm ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9949](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9949.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-espresso-llvm ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9953](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9953.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-fastr ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9949](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9949.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-fastr ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9953](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9953.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-javascript ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-javascript ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-jdk ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-jdk ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-libpolyglot ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-libpolyglot ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-llvm ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-llvm ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-llvm-toolchain ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-llvm-toolchain ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-native-image ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-native-image ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-native-image-llvm-backend ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-native-image-llvm-backend ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-nodejs ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-nodejs ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-nodejs-devel ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-nodejs-devel ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-polyglot ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-polyglot ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-python ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-python ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-python-devel ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-python-devel ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-ruby ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-ruby ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-ruby-devel ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-ruby-devel ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-tools ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-tools ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-wasm ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9948](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9948.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-11-wasm ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9952](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9952.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17 ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17 ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-devel ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-devel ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-espresso ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-espresso ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-espresso-llvm ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-espresso-llvm ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9955](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9955.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-fastr ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-fastr ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9955](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9955.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-javascript ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-javascript ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-jdk ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-jdk ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-libpolyglot ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-libpolyglot ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-llvm ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-llvm ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-llvm-toolchain ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-llvm-toolchain ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-native-image ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-native-image ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-native-image-llvm-backend ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-native-image-llvm-backend ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-nodejs ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-nodejs ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-nodejs-devel ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-nodejs-devel ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-polyglot ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-polyglot ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-python ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-python ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-python-devel ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-python-devel ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-ruby ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-ruby ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-ruby-devel ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-ruby-devel ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-tools ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-tools ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-wasm ol 8 | 0:22.3.0-1.el8 | [ELSA-2022-9951](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9951.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | graalvm22-ce-17-wasm ol 9 | 0:22.3.0-1.el9 | [ELSA-2022-9954](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2022-9954.md) | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Linux | nodejs amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2023-084](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-084.md) | Feb 17, 2023 |
| Linux | nodejs-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2023-084](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-084.md) | Feb 17, 2023 |
| Linux | nodejs-debugsource amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2023-084](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-084.md) | Feb 17, 2023 |
| Linux | nodejs-devel amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2023-084](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-084.md) | Feb 17, 2023 |
| Linux | nodejs-docs amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2023-084](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-084.md) | Feb 17, 2023 |
| Linux | nodejs-full-i18n amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2023-084](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-084.md) | Feb 17, 2023 |
| Linux | nodejs-libs amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2023-084](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-084.md) | Feb 17, 2023 |
| Linux | nodejs-libs-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2023-084](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-084.md) | Feb 17, 2023 |
| Linux | npm amzn 2023 | 1:8.19.2-1.18.12.1.1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2023-084](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-084.md) | Feb 17, 2023 |
| Linux | v8-devel amzn 2023 | 2:10.2.154.15-1.18.12.1.1.amzn2023.0.2 | [ALAS2023-2023-084](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-084.md) | Feb 17, 2023 |

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