CVE-2021-31597

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-31597
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-23 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-12-08 20:27:00 UTC
DescriptionThe xmlhttprequest-ssl package before 1.6.1 for Node.js disables SSL certificate validation by default, because rejectUnauthorized (when the property exists but is undefined) is considered to be false within the https.request function of Node.js. In other words, no certificate is ever rejected.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xmlhttprequest-ssl Project Xmlhttprequest-ssl All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Comparing v1.6.0...1.6.1 · mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE-2021-31597 Node.js Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
people.kingsds.network/wesgarland/xmlhttprequest-ssl-vuln.txt MISC people.kingsds.network
Fix issue where rejectUnauthorized would default to false instead of … · mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest@bf53329 · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 982081 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for xmlhttprequest-ssl (GHSA-72mh-269x-7mh5)

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