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high 7.4

CVE-2020-8172 json

TLS session reuse can lead to host certificate verification bypass in node version < 12.18.0 and < 14.4.0.

published 6y ago modified 2mo ago also BIT-node-2020-8172 , BIT-node-min-2020-8172 , EUVD-2020-29056

cvss
7.4
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.1%
EPSS 6.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

TLS session reuse can lead to host certificate verification bypass in node version < 12.18.0 and < 14.4.0.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami node 12.18.0, 14.4.0
  • bitnami node-min 12.18.0, 14.4.0
  • nodejs node.js 12.18.0, 14.4.0
  • oracle blockchain_platform 21.1.2
  • nodejs-nodemon RHEL 8, RHEL 8.1 EUS 1.18.3-1.module+el8.1.0+3369+37ae6a45
  • nodejs-packaging RHEL 8, RHEL 8.1 EUS 17-3.module+el8.1.0+3369+37ae6a45
  • rh-nodejs12-nodejs RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 12.18.2-1.el7
  • rh-nodejs12-npm RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 6.14.5-12.18.2.1.el7
  • npm RHEL 8 1:6.14.5-1.12.18.2.1.module+el8.2.0+7233+61d664c1
  • nodejs RHEL 8 1:12.18.2-1.module+el8.2.0+7233+61d664c1
  • nodejs-full-i18n RHEL 8 1:12.18.2-1.module+el8.2.0+7233+61d664c1
  • npm RHEL 8.1 EUS 1:6.14.5-1.12.18.2.1.module+el8.1.0+7232+f8b5ede5

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:2847RHSA-2020:2895RHSA-2020:2852

  • nodejs12 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 12.18.0-1.14.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:1606-1

  • nodejs14 openSUSE Tumbleweed 14.17.5-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11096-1

  • nodejs-nodemon AlmaLinux 8 1.18.3-1.module_el8.3.0+2023+d2377ea3
  • nodejs-nodemon AlmaLinux 8 1.18.3-1.module_el8.3.0+2047+b07ac28e
  • nodejs-packaging AlmaLinux 8 17-3.module_el8.4.0+2224+b07ac28e
  • nodejs-packaging AlmaLinux 8 17-3.module_el8.4.0+2521+c668cc9f
  • nodejs-packaging AlmaLinux 8 17-3.module_el8.3.0+2023+d2377ea3

almalinux advisories ALSA-2020:2852

  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 8 1.18.3-1.module+el8.3.0+101+f84c7154
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 8 17-3.module+el8.3.0+101+f84c7154

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2020:2852

  • nodejs Alpine 3.11 12.20.1-r0
  • nodejs Alpine 3.12 12.18.3-r0
  • nodejs Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +9 more 12.18.0-r0
  • nodejs-current Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +10 more 14.4.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2020-8172 updated cvss 7.4

nodejs: TLS session reuse can lead to hostname verification bypass

  • Red Hat Quay 3 nodejs
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) nodejs 12.18.2-1.module+el8.2.0+7233+61d664c1, nodejs-packaging 17-3.module+el8.1.0+3369+37ae6a45, npm 6.14.5-1.12.18.2.1.module+el8.2.0+7233+61d664c1, nodejs-nodemon 1.18.3-1.module+el8.1.0+3369+37ae6a45, nodejs-full-i18n 12.18.2-1.module+el8.2.0+7233+61d664c1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2852
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1) nodejs 12.18.2-1.module+el8.1.0+7232+f8b5ede5, nodejs-packaging 17-3.module+el8.1.0+3369+37ae6a45, npm 6.14.5-1.12.18.2.1.module+el8.1.0+7232+f8b5ede5, nodejs-nodemon 1.18.3-1.module+el8.1.0+3369+37ae6a45, nodejs-full-i18n 12.18.2-1.module+el8.1.0+7232+f8b5ede5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2847
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-nodejs12-nodejs 12.18.2-1.el7, rh-nodejs12-npm 6.14.5-12.18.2.1.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) rh-nodejs12-nodejs 12.18.2-1.el7, rh-nodejs12-npm 6.14.5-12.18.2.1.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7) rh-nodejs12-nodejs 12.18.2-1.el7, rh-nodejs12-npm 6.14.5-12.18.2.1.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-nodejs12-nodejs 12.18.2-1.el7, rh-nodejs12-npm 6.14.5-12.18.2.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2895
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 npm, nodejs, nodejs-libs, nodejs-nodemon, nodejs-full-i18n, nodejs-packaging, +1 more Red Hat Software Collections rh-nodejs10-npm, rh-nodejs10-nodejs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-22-111-03 updated cvss 7.4

Hitachi Energy MicroSCADA Pro/X SYS600

  • Hitachi Energy SYS600 <= 10.1.1, <=9.4 FP1, >= 10.2.1, >= 10.0.0, <= 10.2.1
    affected: mitigation “For more information see Hitachi Energy advisory 8DBD000075” search.abb.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

6.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/811502 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
OSV 3.1 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami node
>=12.0.0, <12.18.0
>=14.0.0, <14.4.0
12.18.0
14.4.0
bitnami node-min
>=12.0.0, <12.18.0
>=14.0.0, <14.4.0
12.18.0
14.4.0

Affected products

  • n/a https://github.com/nodejs/node

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
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References

Sources

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