CVE-2016-7099

MediumCVSS 5.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.9/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-19

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 10, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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