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text: 'New security releases now available for all release lines',
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text: 'Security releases may be necessary for all release lines',
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date: 2020-04-17T12:00:00.000Z
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category: vulnerability
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title: OpenSSL security releases may require Node.js security releases
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slug: openssl-and-low-severity-fixes-april-2020
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layout: blog-post.hbs
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author: Sam Roberts
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---
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### Summary
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The Node.js project may be releasing new versions across all of its supported
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release lines early next week to incorporate upstream patches from OpenSSL.
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Please read on for full details.
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### OpenSSL
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The OpenSSL project
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[announced](https://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-announce/2020-April/000170.html)
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this week that they will be releasing version 1.1.1g on the 21st of
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April. The highest severity issue that will be fixed in the release
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is "HIGH" severity under their
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[security policy](https://www.openssl.org/policies/secpolicy.html),
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meaning they are:
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> ... issues that are of a lower risk than critical, perhaps due to affecting
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> less common configurations, or which are less likely to be exploitable.
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All supported versions of Node.js use OpenSSL v1.1.1, therefore all active
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release lines are impacted by this update: v10.x, v12.x, v13.x, and v14.x (
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14.0.0 is to be released on the 21st of April, by coincidence).
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At this stage, due to embargo, the exact nature of these defects is uncertain
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as well as the impact they will have on Node.js users.
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After assessing the impact on Node.js, it will be decided whether the issues
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fixed require immediate security releases of Node.js, or whether they can be
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included in the normally scheduled updates.
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Please monitor the **nodejs-sec** Google Group for updates, including a
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decision within 24 hours after the OpenSSL release regarding release timing,
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and full details of the defects upon eventual release:
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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nodejs-sec
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### Contact and future updates
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The current Node.js security policy can be found at <https://nodejs.org/en/security/>,
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including information on how to report a vulnerability in Node.js.
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Subscribe to the low-volume announcement-only **nodejs-sec** mailing list at
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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nodejs-sec to stay up to date on
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security vulnerabilities and security-related releases of Node.js and the
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projects maintained in the
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[nodejs GitHub organisation](https://github.com/nodejs).

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