CVE-2021-44533 (GCVE-0-2021-44533)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-24 18:27 – Updated: 2025-04-30 22:24
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Summary
Node.js < 12.22.9, < 14.18.3, < 16.13.2, and < 17.3.1 did not handle multi-value Relative Distinguished Names correctly. Attackers could craft certificate subjects containing a single-value Relative Distinguished Name that would be interpreted as a multi-value Relative Distinguished Name, for example, in order to inject a Common Name that would allow bypassing the certificate subject verification.Affected versions of Node.js that do not accept multi-value Relative Distinguished Names and are thus not vulnerable to such attacks themselves. However, third-party code that uses node's ambiguous presentation of certificate subjects may be vulnerable.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation (CWE-295)
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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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