CVE-2016-7099
Moderate
CVE-2016-7099
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.
Exploit probability
2.8%
Published
October 10, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
96 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-7099
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93191
- https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/743f0c916469f3129dfae406fa104dc46782e20b
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/