CVE-2016-3956

high-risk
Published 2016-07-02

The CLI in npm before 2.15.1 and 3.x before 3.8.3, as used in Node.js 0.10 before 0.10.44, 0.12 before 0.12.13, 4 before 4.4.2, and 5 before 5.10.0, includes bearer tokens with arbitrary requests, which allows remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information by reading Authorization headers.

Do I need to act?

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3.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Sdk

Affected Vendors

Nodejs Ibm Npmjs

References (12)

Vendor Advisory http://blog.npmjs.org/post/142036323955/fixing-a-bearer-token-vulnerability
Vendor Advisory http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21980827
Patch https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f67ecad59e99a03e5aad8e93cd1a086ae087cb29
Patch https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/fea8cc92cee02c720b58f95f14d315507ccad401
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/8380
Vendor Advisory https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/npm-tokens-leak-march-2016/
Vendor Advisory http://blog.npmjs.org/post/142036323955/fixing-a-bearer-token-vulnerability
Vendor Advisory http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21980827
Patch https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f67ecad59e99a03e5aad8e93cd1a086ae087cb29
Patch https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/fea8cc92cee02c720b58f95f14d315507ccad401
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/8380
Vendor Advisory https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/npm-tokens-leak-march-2016/
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal
Exposure 29/34 · Critical