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CVE-2021-22931

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 22.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-08-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-170

Description

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.

Affected products

• Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows: all versions
• NetApp Nextgen Api: all versions
• OnCommand Insight: all versions
• NetApp OnCommand Workflow Automation: all versions
• NetApp SnapCenter: all versions
• Node.js: from 12.0.0 through 12.12.0; from 12.13.0 before 12.22.5; from 14.0.0 through 14.14.0; from 14.15.0 before 14.17.5; from 16.0.0 before 16.6.2 — fixed in 12.22.5, 14.17.5, 16.6.2
• Oracle Corporation GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.3, 21.2.0
• Oracle Corporation MySQL Cluster: through 8.0.26
• Oracle Corporation PeopleSoft Enterprise PT PeopleTools: 8.57, 8.58, 8.59
• Siemens Sinec Infrastructure Network Services: before 1.0.1.1 — fixed in 1.0.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Node.js 12.22.5, 14.17.5, 16.6.2; Siemens Sinec Infrastructure Network Services 1.0.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1178337
• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/aug-2021-security-releases/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-02
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210923-0001/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0003/
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
• https://hackerone.com/reports/1178337
• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/aug-2021-security-releases/

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