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CVE-2016-7099

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-19 Data Handling
Publication date:
10/10/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.90 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
5.90
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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