CVE-2021-31597
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.03% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-04-22 23:52Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 23:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-04-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 069bba92897f81c1520c47807b1f4541821197b176556b8cc37a790e5a2a33c2
05 Affected products
06 References
- people.kingsds.networkhttps://people.kingsds.network/wesgarland/xmlhttprequest-ssl-vuln.txt
- github.comhttps://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/compare/v1.6.0...1.6.1
- github.comhttps://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/commit/bf53329b61ca6afc5d28f6b8d2dc2e3ca740a9b2
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210618-0004/
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- node-xmlhttprequest-ssl No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- node-xmlhttprequest-ssl No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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