CVE-2016-7099

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-7099
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-10-10 16:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe tls.checkServerIdentity function in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.47, 0.12.x before 0.12.16, 4.x before 4.6.0, and 6.x before 6.7.0 does not properly handle wildcards in name fields of X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.9 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.007180000 probability, percentile 0.725390000 (date 2026-05-07)

Problem Types: CWE-19 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.1 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.10 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.11 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.12 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.13 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.14 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.15 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.16 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.16-isaacs-manual All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.17 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.18 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.19 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.2 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.20 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.21 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.22 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.23 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.24 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.25 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.26 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.27 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.28 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.29 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.3 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.30 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.31 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.32 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.33 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.34 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.35 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.36 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.37 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.38 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.39 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.4 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.40 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.41 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.42 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.43 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.44 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.45 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.46 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.5 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.6 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.7 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.8 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.9 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.12.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.12.1 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.12.10 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.12.11 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.12.12 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.12.13 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.12.14 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.12.15 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.12.2 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.12.3 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.12.4 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.12.5 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.12.6 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.12.7 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.12.8 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.12.9 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.0.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.1.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.1.1 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.1.2 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.2.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.2.1 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.2.2 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.2.3 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.2.4 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.2.5 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.2.6 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.3.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.3.1 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.3.2 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.4.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.4.1 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.4.2 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.4.3 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.4.4 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.4.5 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.4.6 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.4.7 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.5.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 6.0.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 6.1.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 6.2.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 6.2.1 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 6.2.2 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 6.3.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 6.3.1 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 6.4.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 6.5.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 6.6.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise 12.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
lib: make tls.checkServerIdentity() more strict · nodejs/node@743f0c9 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
Security updates for all active release lines, September 2016 | Node.js af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nodejs.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2470-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Node.js CVE-2016-7099 Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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