CVE-2021-31597

critical

Description

The xmlhttprequest-ssl package before 1.6.1 for Node.js disables SSL certificate validation by default, because rejectUnauthorized (when the property exists but is undefined) is considered to be false within the https.request function of Node.js. In other words, no certificate is ever rejected.

References

Advisories
More

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210618-0004/

https://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/compare/v1.6.0...1.6.1

https://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/commit/bf53329b61ca6afc5d28f6b8d2dc2e3ca740a9b2

https://people.kingsds.network/wesgarland/xmlhttprequest-ssl-vuln.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-04-23

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00362