CVE-2021-44533
MEDIUM5.3EPSS 0.36%Published: 2/24/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/nodejsfrom 0, < 12.22.10-r0
- Bitnami/nodefrom 0, < 12.22.9, >= 14.0.0, < 14.18.3, >= 16.0.0, < 16.13.2, >= 17.0.0, < 17.3.1
- Bitnami/node-minfrom 0, < 12.22.9, >= 14.0.0, < 14.18.3, >= 16.0.0, < 16.13.2, >= 17.0.0, < 17.3.1
- Debian/nodejsfrom 0, < 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
References (9)
- ADVISORYhttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-44533
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-44533
- WEBhttps://hackerone.com/reports/1429694
- WEBhttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/jan-2022-security-releases/
- WEBhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44533
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0007/
- WEBhttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5170
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html