CVE-2016-10536

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
May 31, 2018
Updated
Sep 17, 2024
Reserved
Oct 29, 2017

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Description

engine.io-client is the client for engine.io, the implementation of a transport-based cross-browser/cross-device bi-directional communication layer for Socket.IO. The vulnerability is related to the way that node.js handles the `rejectUnauthorized` setting. If the value is something that evaluates to false, certificate verification will be disabled. This is problematic as engine.io-client 1.6.8 and earlier passes in an object for settings that includes the rejectUnauthorized property, whether it has been set or not. If the value has not been explicitly changed, it will be passed in as `null`, resulting in certificate verification being turned off.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

  • CWE-300 Man-in-the-Middle (CWE-300)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
engine.io-client node moduleHackerOne
  • <= 1.6.8Affected

References

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