CVE-2021-31597

Published: 23 April 2021

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.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.4

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
node-xmlhttprequest-ssl Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	groovy	Ignored (end of life)
	hirsute	Ignored (end of life)
	impish	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
	noble	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.4
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

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