Node.js 12.x, 14.x, 16.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (Aug 2021) - Windows
🗓️ 19 Aug 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:nodejs:node.js";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.146530");
script_version("2025-06-09T05:41:14+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-06-09 05:41:14 +0000 (Mon, 09 Jun 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-08-19 12:02:37 +0000 (Thu, 19 Aug 2021)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-08-24 13:54:00 +0000 (Tue, 24 Aug 2021)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-3672", "CVE-2021-22931", "CVE-2021-22939", "CVE-2021-22940");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Node.js 12.x, 14.x, 16.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (Aug 2021) - Windows");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_nodejs_smb_login_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("nodejs/smb-login/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Node.js is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following vulnerabilities exist:
- CVE-2021-3672, CVE-2021-22931: Improper handling of untypical characters in domain names
- CVE-2021-22940: Use after free on close http2 on stream canceling
- CVE-2021-22939: Incomplete validation of rejectUnauthorized parameter");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Node.js 12.x, 14.x and 16.x.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 12.22.5, 14.17.5, 16.6.2 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/aug-2021-security-releases/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v16.6.2/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v14.17.5/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v12.22.5/");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "12.0", test_version2: "12.22.4")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "12.22.5", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "14.0", test_version2: "14.17.4")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "14.17.5", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "16.0", test_version2: "16.6.1")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "16.6.2", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);Data
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09 Jun 2025 00:00Current
8.3High risk
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CVSS 27.5
CVSS 3.19.8
EPSS0.21952
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