VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-16111
The module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when passed a specifically crafted Content-Type or Content-Disposition header.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.13%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The content module is a module to parse HTTP Content-* headers. It is used by the hapijs framework to provide this functionality. The module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when passed a specifically crafted Content-Type or Content-Disposition header.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.13% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- content project/content
- Source
- support@hackerone.com
References
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/530Third Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/530Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.