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doc: mar-2022 OpenSSL security pre-release announcement #4487

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date: 2022-03-14T12:00:00.000Z
category: vulnerability
title: OpenSSL security releases may require Node.js security releases
slug: openssl-and-high-severity-fixes-mar-2022
layout: blog-post.hbs
author: Joe Sepi
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### Summary

The Node.js project may be releasing new versions across all of its supported
release lines late next week to incorporate upstream patches from OpenSSL.
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I think we were planning for late this week? (It was "next week" last week when we were having the discussions.)

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I'll open a PR to fix that. Sorry about the auto-merge.

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### OpenSSL

The OpenSSL project
[announced](https://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-announce/2022-March/000216.html)
this week that they will be releasing versions 3.0.2 and 1.1.1n on the 15th of
March 2022 between 1300-1700 UTC. The releases will fix two security defects that are
labelled as "HIGH" severity under their
[security policy](https://www.openssl.org/policies/secpolicy.html).

Node.js v12.x, v14.x and v16.x use OpenSSL v1.1.1 and Node.js v17.x uses OpenSSL
v3. Therefore all active release lines are impacted by this update.

At this stage, due to embargo, the exact nature of these defects is uncertain
as well as the impact they will have on Node.js users.

After assessing the impact on Node.js, it will be decided whether the issues
fixed require immediate security releases of Node.js, or whether they can be
included in the normally scheduled updates.

Please monitor the **nodejs-sec** Google Group for updates, including a
decision within 24 hours after the OpenSSL release regarding release timing,
and full details of the defects upon eventual release:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nodejs-sec

### Contact and future updates

The current Node.js security policy can be found at
<https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/SECURITY.md#security>,
including information on how to report a vulnerability in Node.js.

Subscribe to the low-volume announcement-only **nodejs-sec** mailing list at
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/nodejs-sec to stay up to date on
security vulnerabilities and security-related releases of Node.js and the
projects maintained in the
[nodejs GitHub organization](https://github.com/nodejs).