CVE-2021-22939 (Medium) detected in node

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CVE-2021-22939 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

⚠️ Vulnerable Libraries: node@10.24.1

Dependency Hierarchy

• node@10.24.1 (Root Library)

Found in base branch: main

🕵️ Vulnerability Details

Description

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.

Publish Date

2021-08-16

URL

CVE-2021-22939

🎯 CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Scores

Base: 5.3
Exploitability: 3.9
Impact: 1.4
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitability Metrics

Attack Vector (AV)	Attack Complexity (AC)	Privileges Required (PR)	User Interaction (UI)	Scope (S)
Network (AV:N)	Low (AC:L)	None (PR:N)	None (UI:N)	Unchanged (S:U)

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality Impact (C)	Integrity Impact (I)	Availability Impact (A)
None (C:N)	Low (I:L)	None (A:N)

🔧 Suggested Fix

How to fix?

Upgrade node to version 16.6.2, 14.17.5, 12.22.5 or higher.

Origin

https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-UPSTREAM-NODE-1540539

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✔️ This issue was automatically closed by WhiteSource because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the WhiteSource inventory.