VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-3956

The CLI in npm before 2.15.1 and 3.x before 3.8.3, as used in Node.js 0.10 before 0.10.44, 0.12 before 0.12.13, 4 before 4.4.2, and 5 before 5.10.0, includes bearer tokens with arbitrary requests, which allows remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 6.75%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 6.75% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-200
Affected: ibm/sdk · nodejs/node.js · npmjs/npm
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://blog.npmjs.org/post/142036323955/fixing-a-bearer-token-vulnerabilityVendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21980827Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f67ecad59e99a03e5aad8e93cd1a086ae087cb29Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/fea8cc92cee02c720b58f95f14d315507ccad401Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/8380Third Party Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/npm-tokens-leak-march-2016/Vendor Advisory
http://blog.npmjs.org/post/142036323955/fixing-a-bearer-token-vulnerabilityVendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21980827Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f67ecad59e99a03e5aad8e93cd1a086ae087cb29Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/fea8cc92cee02c720b58f95f14d315507ccad401Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/8380Third Party Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/npm-tokens-leak-march-2016/Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.