ALPINE-CVE-2021-44533

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CVE-2021-44533
Published: 24 Feb 2022, 19:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:49

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
21/100
CVSS Score
5.3 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

24 Feb 2022, 19:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:49
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected Systems

  • alpine•nodejs

    < 12.22.10-r0 | < 14.19.0-r0 | < 14.19.0-r0 | < 16.13.2-r0 | < 16.13.2-r0 | < 16.13.2-r0 | < 16.13.2-r0 | < 16.13.2-r0 | < 16.13.2-r0 | < 16.13.2-r0 | < 16.13.2-r0 | < 16.13.2-r0

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