| Name | CVE-2021-31597 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[buster] - node-xmlhttprequest-ssl <ignored> (Minor issue, should possibly be removed from stable as well)
[stretch] - node-xmlhttprequest-ssl <end-of-life> (Nodejs in stretch not covered by security support)
https://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/commit/bf53329b61ca6afc5d28f6b8d2dc2e3ca740a9b2
https://people.kingsds.network/wesgarland/xmlhttprequest-ssl-vuln.txt