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Arch Linux: Certificate verification bypass (CVE-2021-22939)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Aug 16, 2021
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

If the Node.js https API in versions before 16.6.2, 14.17.5 and 12.22.5 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.

Solution

arch-linux-upgrade-latest

References

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