CVE-2021-44533

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Oct 8, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-295

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
NodeJS	Node	>= 4.0, < 4.; >= 5.0, < 5.; >= 6.0, < 6.; >= 7.0, < 7.; >= 8.0, < 8.; >= 9.0, < 9.; >= 10.0, < 10.; >= 11.0, < 11.; >= 12.0, < 12.22.9; >= 13.0, < 13.; >= 14.0, < 14.18.3; >= 15.0, < 15.; >= 16.0, < 16.13.2; >= 17.0, < 17.3.1

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/1429694Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/jan-2022-security-releases/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0007/Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5170Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1429694Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/jan-2022-security-releases/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0007/Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5170Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 24, 2022
Last modified: Oct 8, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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