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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.9

CVE-2016-7099 json

The tls.checkServerIdentity function in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.47, 0.12.x before 0.12.16, 4.x before 4.6.0, and 6.x before 6.7.0 does n…

published 2016-10-10 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-7979

cvss
5.9
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The tls.checkServerIdentity function in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.47, 0.12.x before 0.12.16, 4.x before 4.6.0, and 6.x before 6.7.0 does not properly handle wildcards in name fields of X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate.

Patch / fix

  • nodejs Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.6.0~dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7099

  • nodejs Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 0.10.25~dfsg2-2ubuntu1.2+esm1
  • nodejs Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.2+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7099

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  • rh-nodejs4-nodejs RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 4.6.2-4.el6
  • rh-nodejs4-nodejs RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 4.6.2-4.el7
  • rh-nodejs4-http-parser RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.7.0-2.el6
  • rh-nodejs4-http-parser RHEL 2 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.7.0-2.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:0002

  • nodejs4 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 4.6.0-8.1
  • firefox-atk SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 2.26.1-2.8.4
  • mozilla-nss SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.45-38.9.3
  • firefox-gtk3 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.10.9-2.15.3
  • mozilla-nspr SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 4.21-29.6.1
  • firefox-cairo SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 1.15.10-2.13.4
  • firefox-glib2 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 2.54.3-2.14.7
  • firefox-pango SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 1.40.14-2.7.4

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1SUSE-SU-2016:2470-1SUSE-SU-2016:2470-2

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-7099 updated cvss 7.4

nodejs: wildcard certificates not properly validated

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 nodejs010-nodejs Red Hat Software Collections nodejs010-nodejs
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-nodejs4-nodejs 4.6.2-4.el6, rh-nodejs4-http-parser 2.7.0-2.el6 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-nodejs4-nodejs 4.6.2-4.el7, rh-nodejs4-http-parser 2.7.0-2.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) rh-nodejs4-nodejs 4.6.2-4.el6, rh-nodejs4-http-parser 2.7.0-2.el6 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1) rh-nodejs4-nodejs 4.6.2-4.el7, rh-nodejs4-http-parser 2.7.0-2.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2) rh-nodejs4-nodejs 4.6.2-4.el7, rh-nodejs4-http-parser 2.7.0-2.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-nodejs4-nodejs 4.6.2-4.el7, rh-nodejs4-http-parser 2.7.0-2.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-nodejs4-nodejs 4.6.2-4.el6, rh-nodejs4-http-parser 2.7.0-2.el6 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-nodejs4-nodejs 4.6.2-4.el7, rh-nodejs4-http-parser 2.7.0-2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0002
  • Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 nodejs Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 nodejs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-19 Data Processing Errors
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References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.