High severity · published Jul 2, 2016
CVE-2016-3956
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…
7.5
CVSS
5.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.5% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NO
Node.js · Nodejs
0.10.0; 0.10.1; 0.10.2; 0.10.3; 0.10.4; 0.10.5; +34 more · source: NVD
NP
Npm · Npmjs
before 2.15.1; 3.0.0 before 3.8.3 · source: NVD
SD
Sdk · Ibm
through 1.1.0.20; through 1.2.0.10; through 4.4.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3956
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3956
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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