What is CVE-2017-16013?

CVE-2017-16013 is a high-severity vulnerability in HackerOne Hapi Node Module, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-16013?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in HackerOne Hapi Node Module

CVE-2017-16013

hapi is a web and services application framework. When hapi >= 15.0.0 <= 16.1.0 encounters a malformed `accept-encoding` header an uncaught exception is thrown. This may cause hapi to crash or to hang the client connection until the timeout period is reached.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2018-06-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

HackerOne Hapi Node Module — versions >= 15.0.0 <= 16.1.0
Hapijs Hapi

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

nodesecurity.io/advisories/335 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/hapijs/hapi/issues/3466 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16013?: CVE-2017-16013 is a high-severity vulnerability in HackerOne Hapi Node Module, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-16013?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.