CVE-2017-16014
Because of the way errors are handled in versions before 0.7.0, an attacker that forces an error can crash the server, causing a denial of service.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.66%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Http-proxy is a proxying library. Because of the way errors are handled in versions before 0.7.0, an attacker that forces an error can crash the server, causing a denial of service.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.66% probability · 77th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-703, CWE-388
- Affected
- http-proxy project/http-proxy
- Source
- support@hackerone.com
EPSS 1.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/nodejitsu/node-http-proxy/pull/101Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/323Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/nodejitsu/node-http-proxy/pull/101Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/323Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.