CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-8172

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Jun 08, 2020 | Modified: May 12, 2022
CVSS 3.x
7.4
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.4 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

TLS session reuse can lead to host certificate verification bypass in node version < 12.18.0 and < 14.4.0.

Weakness

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Node.js Nodejs 12.0.0 (including) 12.18.0 (excluding)
Node.js Nodejs 14.0.0 (including) 14.4.0 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat nodejs:12-8020020200630155331.4cda2c84 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support RedHat nodejs:12-8010020200630154708.c27ad7f8 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat rh-nodejs12-nodejs-0:12.18.2-1.el7 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUS RedHat rh-nodejs12-nodejs-0:12.18.2-1.el7 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUS RedHat rh-nodejs12-nodejs-0:12.18.2-1.el7 *
Nodejs Ubuntu bionic *
Nodejs Ubuntu eoan *
Nodejs Ubuntu groovy *
Nodejs Ubuntu hirsute *
Nodejs Ubuntu impish *
Nodejs Ubuntu kinetic *
Nodejs Ubuntu trusty *
Nodejs Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

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