CVE-2021-44533

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-44533
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerhackerone
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-02-24 19:15:09 UTC
Updated2026-10-08 22:17:13 UTC
DescriptionNode.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-295 | CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation (CWE-295)

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA NodeJS Node affected 4.0 4.* semver Not specified
CNA NodeJS Node affected 5.0 5.* semver Not specified
CNA NodeJS Node affected 6.0 6.* semver Not specified
CNA NodeJS Node affected 7.0 7.* semver Not specified
CNA NodeJS Node affected 8.0 8.* semver Not specified
CNA NodeJS Node affected 9.0 9.* semver Not specified
CNA NodeJS Node affected 10.0 10.* semver Not specified
CNA NodeJS Node affected 11.0 11.* semver Not specified
CNA NodeJS Node affected 12.0 12.22.9 semver Not specified
CNA NodeJS Node affected 13.0 13.* semver Not specified
CNA NodeJS Node affected 14.0 14.18.3 semver Not specified
CNA NodeJS Node affected 15.0 15.* semver Not specified
CNA NodeJS Node affected 16.0 16.13.2 semver Not specified
CNA NodeJS Node affected 17.0 17.3.1 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
HackerOne af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hackerone.com Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
January 10th 2022 Security Releases | Node.js af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nodejs.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5170-1 nodejs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
March 2022 Node.js Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160231 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs:14 (ELSA-2022-7830)
  • 160361 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs:16 (ELSA-2022-9073-1)
  • 179565 Debian Security Update for nodejs (DSA 5170-1)
  • 182247 Debian Security Update for nodejs (CVE-2021-44533)
  • 240414 Red Hat Update for rh-nodejs12-nodejs security (RHSA-2022:4914)
  • 240747 Red Hat Update for rh-nodejs14-nodejs (RHSA-2022:7044)
  • 240851 Red Hat Update for nodejs:14 (RHSA-2022:7830)
  • 241026 Red Hat Update for nodejs:16 security (RHSA-2022:9073)
  • 241341 Red Hat Update for nodejs:14 security (RHSA-2023:1742)
  • 282257 Fedora Security Update for nodejs (FEDORA-2022-78090d2099)
  • 282263 Fedora Security Update for nodejs (FEDORA-2022-0eda327cb4)
  • 296062 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 43.113.3 Missing (CPUJAN2022)
  • 354342 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for nodejs : ALAS2022-2022-214
  • 354509 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for nodejs : ALAS2022-2022-019
  • 354537 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for nodejs : ALAS-2022-214
  • 355273 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for nodejs : ALAS2023-2023-084
  • 376254 Node.js Improper Handling of URI Subject Alternative Names Vulnerability (JAN 2022)
  • 376547 Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools Product Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUAPR2022)
  • 500441 Alpine Linux Security Update for nodejs
  • 501456 Alpine Linux Security Update for nodejs
  • 501973 Alpine Linux Security Update for nodejs
  • 502124 Alpine Linux Security Update for nodejs-current
  • 502138 Alpine Linux Security Update for openjdk11
  • 504210 Alpine Linux Security Update for nodejs
  • 690825 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for node.js (972ba0e8-8b8a-11ec-b369-6c3be5272acd)
  • 751613 OpenSUSE Security Update for nodejs12 (openSUSE-SU-2022:0113-1)
  • 751614 OpenSUSE Security Update for nodejs14 (openSUSE-SU-2022:0112-1)
  • 753115 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs12 (SUSE-SU-2022:0113-1)
  • 753438 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for nodejs14 (SUSE-SU-2022:0112-1)
  • 900720 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for nodejs (8813)
  • 901555 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for nodejs (8819-1)
  • 940775 AlmaLinux Security Update for nodejs:14 (ALSA-2022:7830)
  • 940859 AlmaLinux Security Update for nodejs:16 (ALSA-2022:9073)
  • 960636 Rocky Linux Security Update for nodejs:14 (RLSA-2022:7830)

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