Improper Input Validation Affecting node package, versions [15.0.0,16.6.2)[13.0.0,14.17.5)[,12.22.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
14.73% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UPSTREAM-NODE-1540539
  • published12 Aug 2021
  • disclosed11 Aug 2021
  • creditTim Perry of HTTP Toolkit

Introduced: 11 Aug 2021

CVE-2021-22939  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade node to version 16.6.2, 14.17.5, 12.22.5 or higher.

Overview

node is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. If the Node.js https API was used incorrectly and undefined was in passed for the rejectUnauthorized parameter, no error was returned and connections to servers with an expired certificate would have been accepted.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1