CVE catalog
CVE-2020-8172
nodejs: CVE-2020-8172
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 6.07% · Oct 25, 2026
TLS session reuse can lead to host certificate verification bypass in node version < 12.18.0 and < 14.4.0.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | nodejs | sid | 24.22.1+dfsg+~cs24.19.2-1 | not affected |
| Debian | nodejs | forky | 24.21.0+dfsg+~cs24.13.4-1 | not affected |
| Debian | nodejs | trixie | 20.19.2+dfsg-1+deb13u2 | not affected |
| Debian | nodejs | trixie-security | 20.19.2+dfsg-1+deb13u3 | not affected |
| Debian | nodejs | bookworm | 18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2 | not affected |
| Debian | nodejs | bookworm-security | 18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u3 | not affected |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.11 | 12.20.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.12 | 12.18.3-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.13 | 12.18.0-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.14 | 12.18.0-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.15 | 12.18.0-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.16 | 12.18.0-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.17 | 12.18.0-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.18 | 12.18.0-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.19 | 12.18.0-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.20 | 12.18.0-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.21 | 12.18.0-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.22 | 12.18.0-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.23 | 12.18.0-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | nodejs | 3.24 | 12.18.0-r0 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | nodejs | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | nodejs | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | nodejs | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | nodejs | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.11 | 12.20.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.12 | 12.18.3-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.13 | 12.18.0-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.14 | 12.18.0-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.15 | 12.18.0-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.16 | 12.18.0-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.17 | 12.18.0-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.18 | 12.18.0-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.19 | 12.18.0-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.20 | 12.18.0-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.21 | 12.18.0-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.22 | 12.18.0-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.23 | 12.18.0-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172 | Not reported |
| Alpine | nodejs | apk | 3.24 | 12.18.0-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libnode108]Unknown
Source package: [nodejs]
Details (4)
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· amd64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· arm64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
- [libnode-dev]Unknown
Source package: [nodejs]
Details (4)
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· amd64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· arm64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
- [nodejs]Unknown
Details (4)
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· amd64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· arm64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
- [nodejs-doc]Unknown
Source package: [nodejs]
Details (4)
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· all · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u2· all · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · nodejs · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2020_2852.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2020-8172]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8172]
- [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2022/icsa-22-111-03.json]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-8172]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2020/cve-2020-8172.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2020/wid-sec-w-2023-1374.json]
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