Improper Certificate Validation in Node.js - CVE-2021-44533

Vulnerability identifier: #VU59550

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44533

CWE-ID: CWE-295

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Affected software:
Node.js
IBM Business Process Manager
IBM Netcool Agile Service Manager
IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor
IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
IBM Security Verify Governance
IBM InfoSphere Information Server for Cloud
IBM Business Automation Workflow
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Oracle Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting
Fedora
Red Hat Software Collections
Voice Gateway
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
nodejs (Debian package)
rh-nodejs12-nodejs (Red Hat package)
rh-nodejs14-nodejs (Red Hat package)
nodejs12-docs
nodejs12
nodejs12-debuginfo
nodejs12-debugsource
nodejs12-devel
npm12
nodejs
nodejs14-debuginfo
nodejs14-debugsource
nodejs14-devel
npm14
nodejs14-docs
nodejs14
PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools
IBM Cognos Controller
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
OpenShift Data Foundation (formerly OpenShift Container Storage)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of certificate subject and issuer fields. A remote attacker can create a certificate with specially crafted multi-value Relative Distinguished Names and perform spoofing attack.

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/jan-2022-security-releases/