CVE-2026-106072

Medium

Description

A flaw in Node.js TLS hostname verification allows a certificate with only a DNS SAN to authenticate an IP endpoint when the client connects using a non-canonical IPv4 spelling, such as `0177.0.0.1`, `0x7f.0.0.1`, `2130706433` or `127.1`. `tls.checkServerIdentity()` did not classify these hosts as IP addresses, but normalized them to their canonical form and matched the result against the certificate DNS names. A certificate containing `DNS:127.0.0.1` and no `IP Address:127.0.0.1` SAN was therefore accepted, while the same certificate is correctly rejected for `127.0.0.1`. Exploitation requires a certificate with a numeric DNS SAN issued by a CA trusted by the client, and a platform resolver that accepts these spellings, such as glibc. This vulnerability affects Node.js **26.x**, **24.x**, and **22.x**.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.7
Exploit probability—
ProductNode
PublishedOct 23, 2026
First seenOct 23, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-295CWE-295

How to fix

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Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
nodejs node22.23.3, 24.22.0, 26.12.0—

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