CVE-2016-7099

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.

Published: 2016-10-10 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-7099 is rated Moderate Risk (53.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.84%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-7099

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-20 2.85% 2.84% -0.01%
2 2026-06-15 0.70% 2.85% +2.15%
3 2025-06-26 — 0.70% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-7099

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.9 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.2 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-7099

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-7099

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2016-7099 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (nodejs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7099
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7099
suse high CVE-2016-7099 severity important: SUSE including 73 source package names (MozillaFirefox-68.2.0-78.51.4, MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED-68-21.9.8, …), 237 product×package rows across 21 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (21 product lines)): Fixed 151, Known Not Affected 86. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7099/
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-7099 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nodejs), 16 status rows across 16 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 9, ignored 4, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7099

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-7099

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nodejs node.js 0.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.3 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.4 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.5 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.6 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.7 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.8 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.9 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.10 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.11 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.12 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.13 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.14 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.15 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.16 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.16-isaacs-manual cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.16-isaacs-manual:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.17 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.18 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.19 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.20 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.21 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.22 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.23 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.24 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.25 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.26 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.27 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.28 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.29 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.30 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.31 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.32 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.33 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.34 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.35 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.36 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.37 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.38 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.39 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.40 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.41 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.42 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.43 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.44 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.45 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.10.46 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 6.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 6.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 6.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 6.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 6.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 6.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 6.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 6.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:6.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.12.3 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.12.4 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.12.5 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.12.6 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.12.7 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.12.8 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.12.9 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.12.10 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.12.11 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.12.12 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.12.13 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.12.14 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 0.12.15 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-7099

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