CVE-2016-10536

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-10536
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-05-31 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:16:00 UTC
Descriptionengine.io-client is the client for engine.io, the implementation of a transport-based cross-browser/cross-device bi-directional communication layer for Socket.IO. The vulnerability is related to the way that node.js handles the `rejectUnauthorized` setting. If the value is something that evaluates to false, certificate verification will be disabled. This is problematic as engine.io-client 1.6.8 and earlier passes in an object for settings that includes the rejectUnauthorized property, whether it has been set or not. If the value has not been explicitly changed, it will be passed in as `null`, resulting in certificate verification being turned off.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Socket Engine.io-client All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Node.js and Socket.IO: How security fails when 'null' is 'false' | Synopsys MISC www.cigital.com Third Party Advisory
default `rejectUnauthorized` to `true` · socketio/engine.io-client@2c55b27 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Overview MISC nodesecurity.io Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 983438 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for engine.io-client (GHSA-4r4m-hjwj-43p8)
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