{ "document": { "category": "csaf_base", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "tlp": { "label": "WHITE" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "legal_disclaimer", "text": "The Netherlands Cyber Security Center (henceforth: NCSC-NL) maintains this portal to enhance access to its information and vulnerabilities. The use of this information is subject to the following terms and conditions:\n\nThe vulnerabilities disclosed in this portal are gathered by NCSC-NL from a variety of open sources, which the user can retrieve from other platforms. NCSC-NL makes every reasonable effort to ensure that the content of this portal is kept up to date, and that it is accurate and complete. Nevertheless, NCSC-NL cannot entirely rule out the possibility of errors, and therefore cannot give any warranty in respect of its completeness, accuracy or real-time keeping up-to-date. NCSC-NL does not control nor guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of information obtained from these external sources. The vulnerabilities disclosed in this portal are intended solely for the convenience of professional parties to take appropriate measures to manage the risks posed to the cybersecurity. No rights can be derived from the information provided therein.\n\nNCSC-NL and the Kingdom of the Netherlands assume no legal liability or responsibility for any damage resulting from either the use or inability of use of the vulnerabilities disclosed in this portal. This includes damage resulting from the inaccuracy of incompleteness of the information contained in it.\nThe information on this page is subject to Dutch law. All disputes related to or arising from the use of this portal regarding the disclosure of vulnerabilities will be submitted to the competent court in The Hague. This choice of means also applies to the court in summary proceedings." } ], "publisher": { "category": "coordinator", "contact_details": "cert@ncsc.nl", "name": "National Cyber Security Centre", "namespace": "https://www.ncsc.nl/" }, "title": "CVE-2026-123872", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-11-13T01:00:56.306113Z", "generator": { "date": "2026-02-17T15:00:00Z", "engine": { "name": "V.E.L.M.A", "version": "1.7" } }, "id": "CVE-2026-123872", "initial_release_date": "2026-11-11T18:38:26.383459Z", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-11-11T18:38:26.383459Z", "number": "1", "summary": "CWES created (1).| Products created (3).| References created (2).| Description created for source.| Unknown change." }, { "date": "2026-11-11T18:38:34.698118Z", "number": "2", "summary": "NCSC Score created." }, { "date": "2026-11-11T19:32:18.860061Z", "number": "3", "summary": "Source created.| CVE status created. 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"CSAFPID-10084445" } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "nodejs" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "nodejs" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-123872", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-295", "name": "Improper Certificate Validation" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "A client certificate authentication bypass in Node.js TLS lets a client change the servername during TLS 1.2 renegotiation to reach endpoints it was not authorized for. On a server that applies different client-certificate policies per hostname, for example stricter admin-only client-cert auth on one host and ordinary client-cert auth on another, a client that authenticates for a permitted host can renegotiate the TLS 1.2 connection under a different servername and carry its existing authentication to the protected host, bypassing the stricter policy. This vulnerability affects Node.js 26.x, 24.x, and 22.x.", "title": "cveprojectv5 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123872" }, { "category": "description", "text": "A flaw was found in Node.js. An authenticated remote attacker can bypass client certificate authentication policies on servers configuring different security requirements per hostname. By renegotiating an established Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection and changing the target server name, the attacker can carry forward their existing authenticated session to gain unauthorized access to restricted endpoints.\nThis vulnerability is rated as an Important severity flaw because an authenticated attacker can circumvent host-level access controls and reach privileged virtual host endpoints over an existing connection. Exploitation requires non-default architectures where a Node.js process directly handles TLS termination across multi-tenant domains with heterogeneous mutual TLS policies using TLS 1.2. Deployments where TLS is terminated by front-end reverse proxies, ingress routers, or environments utilizing TLS 1.3 exclusively are not exposed to this renegotiation issue.", "title": "redhat - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-123872" }, { "category": "description", "text": "A client certificate authentication bypass in Node.js TLS lets a client change the servername during TLS 1.2 renegotiation to reach endpoints it was not authorized for. On a server that applies different client-certificate policies per hostname, for example stricter admin-only client-cert auth on one host and ordinary client-cert auth on another, a client that authenticates for a permitted host can renegotiate the TLS 1.2 connection under a different servername and carry its existing authentication to the protected host, bypassing the stricter policy. This vulnerability affects Node.js 26.x, 24.x, and 22.x.", "title": "nvd - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-123872" }, { "category": "description", "text": "A client certificate authentication bypass in Node.js TLS lets a client change the servername during TLS 1.2 renegotiation to reach endpoints it was not authorized for. On a server that applies different client-certificate policies per hostname, for example stricter admin-only client-cert auth on one host and ordinary client-cert auth on another, a client that authenticates for a permitted host can renegotiate the TLS 1.2 connection under a different servername and carry its existing authentication to the protected host, bypassing the stricter policy. This vulnerability affects Node.js 26.x, 24.x, and 22.x.", "title": "debian - https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-123872" }, { "category": "description", "text": "A client certificate authentication bypass in Node.js TLS lets a client change the servername during TLS 1.2 renegotiation to reach endpoints it was not authorized for. On a server that applies different client-certificate policies per hostname, for example stricter admin-only client-cert auth on one host and ordinary client-cert auth on another, a client that authenticates for a permitted host can renegotiate the TLS 1.2 connection under a different servername and carry its existing authentication to the protected host, bypassing the stricter policy. This vulnerability affects Node.js 26.x, 24.x, and 22.x.", "title": "osvalpine - https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/osv-vulnerabilities/o/Alpine%2FALPINE-CVE-2026-123872.json?alt=media" }, { "category": "other", "text": "0.00361", "title": "EPSS" }, { "category": "other", "text": "3.7", "title": "NCSC Score" }, { "category": "other", "text": "There is product data available from source Certbundde", "title": "NCSC Score top increasing factors" }, { "category": "other", "text": "Is related to a product by vendor Open Source", "title": "NCSC Score top decreasing factors" }, { "category": "details", "text": "Severity: 3\n", "title": "Vendor assessment" } ], "product_status": { "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-10084446", "CSAFPID-10084447", "CSAFPID-10084445", "CSAFPID-6014972", "CSAFPID-6239276", "CSAFPID-8476917", "CSAFPID-8476920", "CSAFPID-8505503", "CSAFPID-8505504", "CSAFPID-1408881", "CSAFPID-10088840", "CSAFPID-10088841", "CSAFPID-10088842", "CSAFPID-10088332", "CSAFPID-10088333", "CSAFPID-10088334", "CSAFPID-10088335", "CSAFPID-10092238" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - cveprojectv5", "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123872" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - redhat", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-123872" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-123872" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - ncscclear", "url": "https://vulnerabilities.ncsc.nl/manual/CVE-2026-123872" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - hkcert", "url": "https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/node-js-multiple-vulnerabilities_20261112" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - debian", "url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-123872" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - certbundde", "url": "https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/wid-sec-w-2026-4525.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - osv", "url": "https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/osv-vulnerabilities/o/Alpine%2FALPINE-CVE-2026-123872.json?alt=media" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - ncscclear", "url": "https://advisories.ncsc.nl/advisory?id=NCSC-2026-0492" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Source - first", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Reference - certbundde", "url": "https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/wid-sec-w-2026-4525.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Reference - certbundde", "url": "https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-4525" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Reference - certbundde; cveprojectv5; nvd; redhat", "url": "https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2026-security-releases" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Reference - osv", "url": "https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-123872" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Reference - cveprojectv5; nvd; redhat", "url": "https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Reference - redhat", "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123872" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "Reference - redhat", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-123872" } ], "remediations": [ { "category": "mitigation", "details": "Enforce TLS 1.3 to eliminate TLS renegotiation, or isolate virtual host policies using an upstream reverse proxy.\nTo enforce TLS 1.3 across Node.js services without application code modifications, configure the minimum TLS version using the NODE_OPTIONS environment variable:\n```\nexport NODE_OPTIONS=\"--tls-min-v1.3\"\n```\nFor systemd-managed Node.js applications, configure the environment variable within the unit configuration:\n```\n[Service]\nEnvironment=\"NODE_OPTIONS=--tls-min-v1.3\"\n```\nApply the configuration by reloading systemd and restarting the target service:\n```\nsystemctl daemon-reload\nsystemctl restart \n```\nCaveats:\nEnforcing TLS 1.3 prevents clients that support only TLS 1.2 or earlier from establishing connections. Applying systemd configuration changes and restarting the service will cause a momentary service interruption. Alternatively, if TLS 1.2 support must be retained, terminate TLS connections at a reverse proxy configured to bind differing mutual TLS authentication domains to separate listening addresses or ports.", "product_ids": [ "CSAFPID-6014972", "CSAFPID-6239276", "CSAFPID-8476917", "CSAFPID-8476920", "CSAFPID-8505503", "CSAFPID-8505504" ] } ], "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "version": "3.0", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N", "baseScore": 8.1, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "products": [ "CSAFPID-10084445", "CSAFPID-10084446", "CSAFPID-10084447", "CSAFPID-10088332", "CSAFPID-10088333", "CSAFPID-10088334", "CSAFPID-10088335", "CSAFPID-10088840", "CSAFPID-10088841", "CSAFPID-10088842", "CSAFPID-10092238", "CSAFPID-1408881", "CSAFPID-6014972", "CSAFPID-6239276", "CSAFPID-8476917", "CSAFPID-8476920", "CSAFPID-8505503", "CSAFPID-8505504" ] } ], "title": "CVE-2026-123872" } ] }