CVE-2016-7099

mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.028 · 87 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.84% (87th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

110 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The tls.checkServerIdentity function in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.47, 0.12.x before 0.12.16, 4.x before 4.6.0, and 6.x before 6.7.0 does not properly handle wildcards in name fields of X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.05.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 3.6

v3.05.4mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-19USprimary

affected products (110)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell Secure Connect Gateway <5.36.00.16all versionscert_bundDE
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS 6.7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS v.7.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation v.7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7
Dell Secure Connect Gateway< 5.36.00.16cert_bundDE
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
nodejs node.js= 0.10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js= 0.10.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js= 0.10.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js= 0.10.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js= 0.10.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js= 0.10.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js= 0.10.14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js= 0.10.15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-3114Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2017-01-02csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server und Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit den Rechten des Dienstes auszuführen, einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen oder falsche Informationen darzustellen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-10-10modified 2026-06-17

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references (13)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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