Resource exhaustion in Forwarded Project
CVE-2017-16118
The forwarded module is used by the Express.js framework to handle the X-Forwarded-For header. It is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when it's passed specially crafted input to parse. This causes the event loop to be blocked causing a denial of service condition.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.019 (78.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Forwarded_project Forwarded
- Hackerone Forwarded Node Module — versions < 0.1.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- support@hackerone.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- support@hackerone.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-16118?
- CVE-2017-16118 is a high-severity vulnerability in Forwarded Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-07.
- How severe is CVE-2017-16118?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-16118 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.