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CVE-2021-44533
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-02-24T19:15:09.407 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:12:31.910

Summary

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 products

nodejs — node.js

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References

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