CVE-2021-31597 Information

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 within the https.request function of Node.js. In other words no certificate is ever rejected.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Reference

https://people.kingsds.network/wesgarland/xmlhttprequest-ssl-vuln.txt https://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/commit/bf53329b61ca6afc5d28f6b8d2dc2e3ca740a9b2 https://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/compare/v1.6.0…1.6.1 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210618-0004/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

9.4