CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-22939

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Aug 16, 2021 | Modified: Jan 05, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

If the Node.js https API was used incorrectly and undefined was in passed for the rejectUnauthorized parameter, no error was returned and connections to servers with an expired certificate would have been accepted.

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) 12.22.5 (excluding)
Node.js Nodejs 14.0.0 (including) 14.17.5 (excluding)
Node.js Nodejs 16.0.0 (including) 16.6.2 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References