tls: validate "rejectUnauthorized: undefined"

Incomplete validation of rejectUnauthorized parameter (Low)

If the Node.js https API was used incorrectly and "undefined" was passed
in for the "rejectUnauthorized" parameter, no error was returned and
connections to servers with an expired certificate would have been
accepted.

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22939
Refs: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22939
Refs: https://hackerone.com/reports/1278254
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/276
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Akshay K <iit.akshay@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Robert Nagy <ronagy@icloud.com>
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <rlau@redhat.com>

2 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/_tls_wrap.js b/lib/_tls_wrap.js
index 1982261b80..9ab6a198ff 100644
--- a/lib/_tls_wrap.js
+++ b/lib/_tls_wrap.js
@@ -1516,7 +1516,15 @@ function onConnectSecure() {
     this.authorized = false;
     this.authorizationError = verifyError.code || verifyError.message;
 
-    if (options.rejectUnauthorized) {
+    // rejectUnauthorized property can be explicitly defined as `undefined`
+    // causing the assignment to default value (`true`) fail. Before assigning
+    // it to the tlssock connection options, explicitly check if it is false
+    // and update rejectUnauthorized property. The property gets used by
+    // TLSSocket connection handler to allow or reject connection if
+    // unauthorized.
+    // This check is potentially redundant, however it is better to keep it
+    // in case the option object gets modified somewhere.
+    if (options.rejectUnauthorized !== false) {
       this.destroy(verifyError);
       return;
     }
@@ -1598,6 +1606,13 @@ exports.connect = function connect(...args) {
     pskCallback: options.pskCallback,
   });
 
+  // rejectUnauthorized property can be explicitly defined as `undefined`
+  // causing the assignment to default value (`true`) fail. Before assigning
+  // it to the tlssock connection options, explicitly check if it is false
+  // and update rejectUnauthorized property. The property gets used by TLSSocket
+  // connection handler to allow or reject connection if unauthorized
+  options.rejectUnauthorized = options.rejectUnauthorized !== false;
+
   tlssock[kConnectOptions] = options;
 
   if (cb)
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-client-reject.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-client-reject.js
index d41ad806ea..ea10ef6da2 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-client-reject.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-client-reject.js
@@ -72,6 +72,19 @@ function rejectUnauthorized() {
   }, common.mustNotCall());
   socket.on('data', common.mustNotCall());
   socket.on('error', common.mustCall(function(err) {
+    rejectUnauthorizedUndefined();
+  }));
+  socket.end('ng');
+}
+
+function rejectUnauthorizedUndefined() {
+  console.log('reject unauthorized undefined');
+  const socket = tls.connect(server.address().port, {
+    servername: 'localhost',
+    rejectUnauthorized: undefined
+  }, common.mustNotCall());
+  socket.on('data', common.mustNotCall());
+  socket.on('error', common.mustCall(function(err) {
     authorized();
   }));
   socket.end('ng');