Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Overview

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.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 1.6.1 or later

References

• CVE
• GitHub Advisory