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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5170-1 nodejs security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-31364 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-30T22:24:40.708Z

Reserved: 2021-12-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-44533

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-02-24T19:15:09.407

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:31:10.940

Link: CVE-2021-44533

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-01-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-44533 - Bugzilla

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