CVE-2017-16005

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    CVE-2017-16005

    Published: 4 Jun 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Http-signature is a "Reference implementation of Joyent's HTTP Signature Scheme". In versions <=0.9.11, http-signature signs only the header values, but not the header names. This makes http-signature vulnerable to header forgery. Thus, if an attacker can intercept a request, he can swap header names and change the meaning of the request without changing the signature.

    References: https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/318, https://github.com/joyent/node-http-signature/issues/10

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v0.9.11
    v0.9.9
    v0.9.8
    v0.9.7
    v0.9.6
    v0.9.4
    v0.9.3
    v0.9.2
    v0.9.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High