Vulnerability · Published Feb 24, 2022 · Assigned by hackerone
CVE-2021-44532
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Node from NodeJS. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 10.4% (higher than 96% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Node.js < 12.22.9, < 14.18.3, < 16.13.2, and < 17.3.1 converts SANs (Subject Alternative Names) to a string format. It uses this string to check peer certificates against hostnames when validating connections. The string format was subject to an injection vulnerability when name constraints were used within a certificate chain, allowing the bypass of these name constraints.Versions of Node.js with the fix for this escape SANs containing the problematic characters in order to prevent the injection. This behavior can be reverted through the --security-revert command-line option.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs | 1:14.20.1-2.module_el8.7.0+3342+b2df8497 | ALSA-2022:7830 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs | 1:16.18.1-3.module_el8.7.0+3371+ed8c43db | ALSA-2022:9073 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-devel | 1:14.20.1-2.module_el8.7.0+3342+b2df8497 | ALSA-2022:7830 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-devel | 1:16.18.1-3.module_el8.7.0+3371+ed8c43db | ALSA-2022:9073 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-docs | 1:14.20.1-2.module_el8.7.0+3342+b2df8497 | ALSA-2022:7830 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-docs | 1:16.18.1-3.module_el8.7.0+3371+ed8c43db | ALSA-2022:9073 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-full-i18n | 1:14.20.1-2.module_el8.7.0+3342+b2df8497 | ALSA-2022:7830 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-full-i18n | 1:16.18.1-3.module_el8.7.0+3371+ed8c43db | ALSA-2022:9073 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 2.0.20-2.module_el8.7.0+3371+ed8c43db | ALSA-2022:9073 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 2.0.19-2.module_el8.6.0+3261+490666b3 | ALSA-2022:7830 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 25-1.module_el8.5.0+2605+45d748af | ALSA-2022:9073 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 23-3.module_el8.4.0+2522+3bd42762 | ALSA-2022:7830 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | npm | 1:6.14.17-1.14.20.1.2.module_el8.7.0+3342+b2df8497 | ALSA-2022:7830 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | npm | 1:8.19.2-1.16.18.1.3.module_el8.7.0+3371+ed8c43db | ALSA-2022:9073 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | nodejs | 16.13.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44532 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | nodejs | 16.13.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44532 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | nodejs | 16.13.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44532 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | nodejs | 16.13.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44532 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | nodejs | 16.13.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44532 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | nodejs-current | 17.3.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44532 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | nodejs-current | 17.3.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44532 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | nodejs-current | 17.3.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44532 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | nodejs-current | 17.3.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44532 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | nodejs-current | 17.3.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44532 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | openjdk11 | 11.0.15_p10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44532 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | openjdk11 | 11.0.15_p10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44532 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | openjdk11 | 11.0.15_p10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44532 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | openjdk11 | 11.0.15_p10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44532 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | openjdk11 | 11.0.15_p10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44532 |
| Debian:12 | nodejs | 12.22.9~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-44532 |
| Debian:13 | nodejs | 12.22.9~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-44532 |
| Debian:14 | nodejs | 12.22.9~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-44532 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs | 1:16.18.1-3.module+el8.7.0+1108+49363b0d | RLSA-2022:9073 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs | 1:14.20.1-2.module+el8.7.0+1071+4bdda2a8 | RLSA-2022:7830 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:2.0.19-2.module+el8.6.0+1003+ae94235a | RLSA-2022:7830 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:2.0.20-2.module+el8.7.0+1108+49363b0d | RLSA-2022:9073 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-nodemon | 0:2.0.19-2.module+el8.6.0+1046+80feca58 | RLSA-2022:7830 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:25-1.module+el8.5.0+702+221f14e6 | RLSA-2022:9073 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:23-3.module+el8.7.0+1071+4bdda2a8 | RLSA-2022:7830 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:23-3.module+el8.3.0+100+234774f7 | RLSA-2022:7830 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:23-3.module+el8.5.0+733+de4fee6c | RLSA-2022:7830 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | nodejs-packaging | 0:25-1.module+el8.6.0+1046+80feca58 | RLSA-2022:9073 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-296
References
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1429694 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/jan-2022-security-releases/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0007/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- DSA-5170 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html x_refsource_MISC