client-certificate-auth is middleware for Node.js implementing client SSL certificate authentication/authorization. Versions 0.2.1 and 0.3.0 of client-certificate-auth contain an open redirect vulnerability. The middleware unconditionally redirects HTTP requests to HTTPS using the unvalidated Host header, allowing an attacker to redirect users to arbitrary domains. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.0.
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Advisories
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-m4w9-gch5-c2g4 | client-certificate-auth Vulnerable to Open Redirect via Host Header Injection in HTTP-to-HTTPS redirect |
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Fri, 06 Feb 2026 19:15:00 +0000
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| Description | client-certificate-auth is middleware for Node.js implementing client SSL certificate authentication/authorization. Versions 0.2.1 and 0.3.0 of client-certificate-auth contain an open redirect vulnerability. The middleware unconditionally redirects HTTP requests to HTTPS using the unvalidated Host header, allowing an attacker to redirect users to arbitrary domains. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.0. | |
| Title | client-certificate-auth has an Open Redirect via Host Header Injection in HTTP-to-HTTPS redirect | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-601 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-02-06T18:50:26.046Z
Reserved: 2026-02-04T05:15:41.792Z
Link: CVE-2026-25651
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-02-06T19:16:09.897
Modified: 2026-02-06T21:57:22.450
Link: CVE-2026-25651
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Github GHSA