CVE-2021-44531 (GCVE-0-2021-44531)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-24 18:27 – Updated: 2025-04-30 22:24
VLAI
Summary
Accepting arbitrary Subject Alternative Name (SAN) types, unless a PKI is specifically defined to use a particular SAN type, can result in bypassing name-constrained intermediates. Node.js < 12.22.9, < 14.18.3, < 16.13.2, and < 17.3.1 was accepting URI SAN types, which PKIs are often not defined to use. Additionally, when a protocol allows URI SANs, Node.js did not match the URI correctly.Versions of Node.js with the fix for this disable the URI SAN type when checking a certificate against a hostname. This behavior can be reverted through the --security-revert command-line option.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation (CWE-295)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
NodeJS Node Affected: 4.0 , < 4.* (semver)
Affected: 5.0 , < 5.* (semver)
Affected: 6.0 , < 6.* (semver)
Affected: 7.0 , < 7.* (semver)
Affected: 8.0 , < 8.* (semver)
Affected: 9.0 , < 9.* (semver)
Affected: 10.0 , < 10.* (semver)
Affected: 11.0 , < 11.* (semver)
Affected: 12.0 , < 12.22.9 (semver)
Affected: 13.0 , < 13.* (semver)
Affected: 14.0 , < 14.18.3 (semver)
Affected: 15.0 , < 15.* (semver)
Affected: 16.0 , < 16.13.2 (semver)
Affected: 17.0 , < 17.3.1 (semver)
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