VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-7099

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…

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 2.84%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.84%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS: 2.84% probability · 87th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-19
Affected: nodejs/node.js · suse/linux enterprise
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 2.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93191Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/743f0c916469f3129dfae406fa104dc46782e20bIssue Tracking, Patch
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93191Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/743f0c916469f3129dfae406fa104dc46782e20bIssue Tracking, Patch
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/Patch, Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.