MediumFix available
nodejs — security advisory
If the Node.js https API was used incorrectly and "undefined" was in passed for the "rejectUnauthorized" parameter, no error was returned and connections to servers with an expired certificate would have been accepted.
- Products
- nodejs
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 12.22.5~dfsg-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-22939
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:32 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
If the Node.js https API was used incorrectly and "undefined" was in passed for the "rejectUnauthorized" parameter, no error was returned and connections to servers with an expired certificate would have been accepted.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-22939
nodejs
Fixed versions: 12.22.5~dfsg-1
nodejs
Fixed versions: 12.22.5~dfsg-1
nodejs
Fixed versions: 12.22.5~dfsg-1
Complete source record
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