CVE-2017-16202
The cofeescript module exfiltrates sensitive data such as a user's private SSH key and bash history to a third party server during installation.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The cofeescript module exfiltrates sensitive data such as a user's private SSH key and bash history to a third party server during installation.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.16% probability · 67th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-506, CWE-200
- Affected
- cofeescript project/cofeescript
- Source
- support@hackerone.com
EPSS 1.2% 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://nodesecurity.io/advisories/541Third Party Advisory
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/541Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.