Vulnerability · Published Jun 8, 2020 · Assigned by hackerone

CVE-2020-8172

High 7.4

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in https://github.com/nodejs/node. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 6.1% (higher than 93% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)6.1%top 6.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

TLS session reuse can lead to host certificate verification bypass in node version < 12.18.0 and < 14.4.0.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8nodejs-nodemon1.18.3-1.module_el8.3.0+2023+d2377ea3ALSA-2020:2852
AlmaLinux:8nodejs-nodemon1.18.3-1.module_el8.3.0+2047+b07ac28eALSA-2020:2852
AlmaLinux:8nodejs-packaging17-3.module_el8.3.0+2023+d2377ea3ALSA-2020:2852
AlmaLinux:8nodejs-packaging17-3.module_el8.4.0+2521+c668cc9fALSA-2020:2852
AlmaLinux:8nodejs-packaging17-3.module_el8.4.0+2224+b07ac28eALSA-2020:2852
Alpine:v3.20nodejs12.18.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172
Alpine:v3.21nodejs12.18.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172
Alpine:v3.22nodejs12.18.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172
Alpine:v3.23nodejs12.18.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172
Alpine:v3.24nodejs12.18.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172
Alpine:v3.20nodejs-current14.4.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172
Alpine:v3.21nodejs-current14.4.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172
Alpine:v3.22nodejs-current14.4.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172
Alpine:v3.23nodejs-current14.4.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172
Alpine:v3.24nodejs-current14.4.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172
Rocky Linux:8nodejs-nodemon0:1.18.3-1.module+el8.3.0+101+f84c7154RLSA-2020:2852
Rocky Linux:8nodejs-packaging0:17-3.module+el8.3.0+101+f84c7154RLSA-2020:2852
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSnodejs12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8172

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a https://github.com/nodejs/node 12.18.0,14.4.0

References