CVE-2021-22931

highpriority · attend · 47EPSS 0.220 · 98 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
22.0% (98th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
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Who says so?
8 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Node.js before 16.6.0, 14.17.4, and 12.22.4 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution, XSS, Application crashes due to missing input validation of host names returned by Domain Name Servers in Node.js dns library which can lead to output of wrong hostnames (leading to Domain Hijacking) and injection vulnerabilities in applications using the library.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

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

9.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4
v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9
v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · CISA US
v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · Siemens ProductCERT DE
v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Festo PSIRT DE
v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USprimaryCWE-170USCWE-20USCWE-20USCWE-20USCWE-20US
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affected products (66)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (8)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • FSA-202302Festo: Several vulnerabilities in FactoryViews2023-07-10csaf · festo_psirtDE

    FactoryViews bundles many third-party applications which are used in background processes to provide the software's features. From time to time, vulnerabilities in these bundled applications are discovered. These are typically fixed in newer versions of FactoryViews by updating the bundled applications. FactoryViews versions up to and including 1.5.2 contain around 200 such vulnerabilities listed in this advisory.Version 1.6.0 is a security rollup release which includes updates to all bundled applications and fixes these vulnerabilities. At this time, FactoryViews Lite cannot be updated beyond version 1.1. FactoryViews 1.7 unifies the non-Lite and Lite versions and fixes these vulnerabilities for users of FactoryViews Lite.

  • SSA-389290SSA-389290: Third-Party Component Vulnerabilities in SINEC INS2022-03-08csaf · siemens_psirtDE

    71 vulnerabilities in third-party components as Node.js, cURL, SQLite, CivetWeb and DNS(ISC BIND) could allow an attacker to interfere with the affected product in various ways. Siemens has released an update for SINEC INS and recommends to update to the latest versions.

  • WID-SEC-W-2022-0029Elasticsearch und Kibana: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2021-09-01csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Elasticsearch und Kibana ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen und um Administratorrechte zu erlangen.

  • WID-SEC-W-2022-1083Node.js: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2021-08-11csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Node.js ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, einen Cross-Site-Scripting Angriff durchzuführen, einen Denial of Service Zustand herzustellen und Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-0856IBM QRadar SIEM: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-05-31csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM QRadar SIEM ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Integrität und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.

  • ICSA-22-069-09Siemens SINEC INS2022-03-08icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS

    71 vulnerabilities in third-party components as Node.js, cURL, SQLite, CivetWeb and DNS(ISC BIND) could allow an attacker to interfere with the affected product in various ways. Siemens has released an update for SINEC INS and recommends to update to the latest versions.

  • BIT-node-2021-229312024-03-06vendor · osvUS

    Node.js before 16.6.0, 14.17.4, and 12.22.4 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution, XSS, Application crashes due to missing input validation of host names returned by Domain Name Servers in Node.js dns library which can lead to output of wrong hostnames (leading to Domain Hijacking) and injection vulnerabilities in applications using the library.

  • BIT-node-min-2021-229312024-12-16vendor · osvUS

    Node.js before 16.6.0, 14.17.4, and 12.22.4 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution, XSS, Application crashes due to missing input validation of host names returned by Domain Name Servers in Node.js dns library which can lead to output of wrong hostnames (leading to Domain Hijacking) and injection vulnerabilities in applications using the library.

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cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bduosvcert_bundcisa_csaf_otfesto_psirtsiemens_psirtNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2021-08-16modified 2026-06-17
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references (52)

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