Security advisory

{
  "id": "5dba63d476dfd2c7fb8549cbf09642047bd8f2afb1274c933ecb7b9dff8ee875",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-31597",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-31597",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-31597",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-31597",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-31597",
        "GHSA-72mh-269x-7mh5"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/mjwwit/node-xmlhttprequest",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "bf53329b61ca6afc5d28f6b8d2dc2e3ca740a9b2"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:xmlhttprequest-ssl_project:xmlhttprequest-ssl:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.6.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "bf53329b61ca6afc5d28f6b8d2dc2e3ca740a9b2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v1.6.0",
            "1.5.5",
            "1.5.4",
            "1.5.2",
            "1.5.1",
            "1.5.0",
            "1.4.2",
            "1.4.1",
            "1.4.0",
            "1.3.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-31597.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:40.559060831Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210618-0004/",
        "https://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/commit/bf53329b61ca6afc5d28f6b8d2dc2e3ca740a9b2",
        "https://github.com/mjwwit/node-XMLHttpRequest/compare/v1.6.0...1.6.1",
        "https://people.kingsds.network/wesgarland/xmlhttprequest-ssl-vuln.txt"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-31597",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385859,
  "published_at": "2021-04-23T00:15:08.283+00:00"
}