CVE-2021-44532

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El formato de cadena estaba sujeto a una vulnerabilidad de inyecci\u00f3n cuando eran usados restricciones de nombre dentro de una cadena de certificados, permitiendo omitir estas restricciones de nombre. Las versiones de Node.js con la correcci\u00f3n de esto escapan de los SAN que contienen los caracteres problem\u00e1ticos para evitar la inyecci\u00f3n. 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