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CVE-2025-69421 (OpenSSL) found on v20.x
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v20.x
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 22
- Forks
- 7
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
A new vulnerability for OpenSSL 3.0.17 was found:
Vulnerability ID: CVE-2025-69421
Vulnerability URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69421
Failed run: https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs-dependency-vuln-assessments/actions/runs/21618282669
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the failed workflow run linked in the issue and compare its OpenSSL 3.0.17 finding with CVE-2025-69421 in the NVD entry. The issue does not name a file, entry point, or explicit change; completion criteria are therefore not specified beyond addressing the failed assessment.
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Assessment
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100