2023-02-16, Version 14.21.3 'Fermium' (LTS), @richardlau

This is a security release.

Notable Changes

The following CVEs are fixed in this release:

• CVE-2023-23918: Node.js Permissions policies can be bypassed via process.mainModule (High)
• CVE-2023-23920: Node.js insecure loading of ICU data through ICU_DATA environment variable (Low)

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

This security release includes OpenSSL security updates as outlined in the recent
OpenSSL security advisory.

This security release also includes an npm update for Node.js 14 to address a number
of CVEs which either do not affect Node.js or are low severity in the context of Node.js. You
can get more details for the individual CVEs in
nodejs-dependency-vuln-assessments.

Commits

• [97a0443f13] - build: build ICU with ICU_NO_USER_DATA_OVERRIDE (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#374
• [9e6221529b] - deps: cherry-pick Windows ARM64 fix for openssl (Richard Lau) #46566
• [0d5f86451d] - deps: update archs files for OpenSSL-1.1.1t (RafaelGSS) #46566
• [8c11d17b40] - deps: upgrade openssl sources to 1.1.1t (RafaelGSS) #46566
• [224e93c9ef] - deps: upgrade npm to 6.14.18 (Ruy Adorno) #45936
• [d73ea4de13] - doc: clarify release notes for Node.js 14.21.2 (Richard Lau) #45846
• [f7892c16be] - lib: makeRequireFunction patch when experimental policy (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#358
• [fa115ee8ac] - module: protect against prototype mutation (Antoine du Hamel) #44007
• [83975b7fb4] - policy: makeRequireFunction on mainModule.require (RafaelGSS) nodejs-private/node-private#358
• [a5f8798d7a] - test: avoid left behind child processes (Richard Lau) #46276