CVE-2021-44533

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / CVE-2021-44533

    CVE-2021-44533

    Published: 24 Feb 2022Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/jan-2022-security-releases/, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0007/, https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5170, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html, https://hackerone.com/reports/1429694

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- ab8db8415e996bd955acef60c0b2225761210c9a
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    20.3.5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2021-44533 | CVE-DB