cve.bz

CVE-2021-44532

5.3 mediumEPSS 10%

Medium (5.3). EPSS 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Node.js < 12.22.9, < 14.18.3, < 16.13.2, and < 17.3.1 converts SANs (Subject Alternative Names) to a string format. It uses this string to check peer certificates against hostnames when validating connections. The string format was subject to an injection vulnerability when name constraints were used within a certificate chain, allowing the bypass of these name constraints.Versions of Node.js with the fix for this escape SANs containing the problematic characters in order to prevent the injection. This behavior can be reverted through the --security-revert command-line option.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.3 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS
10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 95% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs
CWE-295, CWE-296
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

Check your stackJSON