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CVE-2021-31597 Details

Description

The xmlhttprequest-ssl package before 1.6.1 for Node.js disables SSL certificate validation by default, because rejectUnauthorized (when the property exists but is undefined) is considered to be false within the https.request function of Node.js. In other words, no certificate is ever rejected.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.4 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/commit/bf53329b61ca6afc5d28f6b8d2dc2e3ca740a9b2	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/compare/v1.6.0...1.6.1	CVE	PatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://people.kingsds.network/wesgarland/xmlhttprequest-ssl-vuln.txt	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210618-0004/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/commit/bf53329b61ca6afc5d28f6b8d2dc2e3ca740a9b2	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/compare/v1.6.0...1.6.1	[email protected]	PatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://people.kingsds.network/wesgarland/xmlhttprequest-ssl-vuln.txt	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210618-0004/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-295	Improper Certificate Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
xmlhttprequest-ssl project xmlhttprequest-ssl	< 1.6.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:xmlhttprequest-ssl_project:xmlhttprequest-ssl::::::node.js::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 8, 2021	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jun 18, 2021	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 19, 2021	Reanalysis	[email protected]
May 19, 2021	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Apr 30, 2021	Initial Analysis	[email protected]