Vulnerability · Published Feb 24, 2022 · Assigned by hackerone
CVE-2021-44533
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity improper certificate validation 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 9.4% (higher than 95% 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 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 & 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-2021-44533 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | nodejs | 16.13.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44533 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | nodejs | 16.13.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44533 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | nodejs | 16.13.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44533 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | nodejs | 16.13.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44533 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | nodejs-current | 17.3.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44533 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | nodejs-current | 17.3.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44533 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | nodejs-current | 17.3.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44533 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | nodejs-current | 17.3.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44533 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | nodejs-current | 17.3.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44533 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | openjdk11 | 11.0.15_p10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44533 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | openjdk11 | 11.0.15_p10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44533 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | openjdk11 | 11.0.15_p10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44533 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | openjdk11 | 11.0.15_p10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44533 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | openjdk11 | 11.0.15_p10-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-44533 |
| Debian:12 | nodejs | 12.22.9~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-44533 |
| Debian:13 | nodejs | 12.22.9~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-44533 |
| Debian:14 | nodejs | 12.22.9~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-44533 |
| 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-295
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