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Improper Input Validation Affecting node package, versions [15.0.0,16.6.2) [13.0.0,14.17.5) [,12.22.5)

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 1.53% (87th percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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SUSE
8.8 high
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Red Hat
5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UPSTREAM-NODE-1540538
  • published 12 Aug 2021
  • disclosed 11 Aug 2021
  • credit Philipp Jeitner of Fraunhofer SIT
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Introduced: 11 Aug 2021

CVE-2021-22931 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-20 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade node to version 16.6.2, 14.17.5, 12.22.5 or higher.

Overview

node is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to missing input validation of host names returned by Domain Name Servers in the Node.js DNS library. It could lead to the output of wrong hostnames (leading to Domain Hijacking) and injection vulnerabilities in applications using the library.

NOTE: This vulnerability has also been identified as: CVE-2021-3672