Improper Certificate Validation Affecting aws-crt package, versions <1.8.2


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Privileges Required High
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.09% (39th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-AWSCRT-1924900
  • published 23 Nov 2021
  • disclosed 23 Nov 2021
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade aws-crt to version 1.8.2 or higher.

Overview

aws-crt is a NodeJS/browser bindings to the aws-c-* libraries

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation. The connections which were initialized by the package did not verify server certificate hostname during TLS handshake when overriding Certificate Authorities (CA) in their trust stores on MacOS.