{"id":"CVE-2017-15896","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-15896","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:57:19.947Z","title":"Node.js was affected by OpenSSL vulnerability CVE-2017-3737 in regards to the use of SSL_read() due to TLS handshake failure.","description":"Node.js was affected by OpenSSL vulnerability CVE-2017-3737 in regards to the use of SSL_read() due to TLS handshake failure. The result was that an active network attacker could send application data to Node.js using the TLS or HTTP2 modules in a way that bypassed TLS authentication and encryption.","published":"2017-12-11T21:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:08:27.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve-request@iojs.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["nodejs/node.js"],"epss":{"score":0.02385,"percentile":0.83834,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/december-2017-security-releases/","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve-request@iojs.org"},{"url":"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/december-2017-security-releases/","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15896","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}