CVE-2026-101916@grpc/grpc-js: In certain configurations, getAuthContext can return unauthorized certificates as though they were authorized
- 7.4HighCVSS base score
- 0.21%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 88% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
@grpc/grpc-js implements the core functionality of gRPC purely in JavaScript, without a C++ addon. Prior to 1.13.6 and 1.14.5, getAuthContext does not distinguish authorized from unauthorized peer certificates when server credentials set requireClientCertificate to false. When applications use the returned authentication context, they can treat an unauthorized certificate as authorized, causing improper authentication. @grpc/grpc-js-xds can reach this condition when RBAC authentication is enabled in affected configurations. This issue is fixed in version 1.14.5 and 1.13.6.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
Published
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.21% · top 88% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npm@grpc/grpc-jsGHSA-m9gg-hp2v-232j (opens in a new tab)
References
References4
- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-node/security/advisories/GHSA-m9gg-hp2v-232j (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-node/commit/2a84ec8b01b9db68ed9d2b117a53a81449edb8ee (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-node/commit/b4e0079c6d22a2adedfcac748e0bc083f783bc7c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-node/releases/tag/@grpc/grpc-js%401.14.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-88476 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-m9gg-hp2v-232j (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-101916)Record last updated .