CVE-2016-7099
MEDIUM5.9EPSS 0.72%Published: 10/10/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7099
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.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/nodejsfrom 0, < 4.6.0~dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |