CVE-2016-7099

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CVSS 3.0

5.9 medium

EPSS

3%p86

Published

Oct 10, 2016 (Oct 10, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: nodejs suse
Products: node.js, linux enterprise
Weakness: CWE-19
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.8%)

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