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CVE-2016-7099
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-10-10T16:59:01.277 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:52:35.493

Summary

The 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.

Affected products

nodejs — node.js

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References

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