Riskcovery

CVE-2021-22931

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Aug 16, 2021
Updated
Apr 30, 2025
Reserved
Jan 6, 2021

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Description

Node.js before 16.6.0, 14.17.4, and 12.22.4 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution, XSS, Application crashes due to missing input validation of host names returned by Domain Name Servers in Node.js dns library which can lead to output of wrong hostnames (leading to Domain Hijacking) and injection vulnerabilities in applications using the library.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

  • CWE-170 Improper Null Termination (CWE-170)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
NodeNodeJS
  • 4.0 to before 4.*Affected
  • 5.0 to before 5.*Affected
  • 6.0 to before 6.*Affected
  • 7.0 to before 7.*Affected
  • 8.0 to before 8.*Affected
  • 9.0 to before 9.*Affected
  • 10.0 to before 10.*Affected
  • 11.0 to before 11.*Affected
  • 12.0 to before 12.22.5Affected
  • 13.0 to before 13.*Affected
  • 14.0 to before 14.17.5Affected
  • 15.0 to before 15.*Affected
  • 16.0 to before 16.6.2Affected

References

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