Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-7099

Title: Nodejs Node.Js

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-7099.

CWE Category CWE-19

Published Date Oct 10, 2016

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.9 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.72%

Vulnerability Summary

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 spoof servers via a crafted certificate.

Impacted Vendors

nodejs 1

joyent 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93191 https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/743f0c916469f3129dfae406fa104dc46782e20b https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/ http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93191 https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/743f0c916469f3129dfae406fa104dc46782e20b https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.9

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

HIGH

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-7099 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 10, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity HIGH

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.