CVE-2017-16136

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    CVE-2017-16136

    Published: 7 Jun 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: method-override is a module used by the Express.js framework to let you use HTTP verbs such as PUT or DELETE in places where the client doesn't support it. method-override is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service vulnerability when specially crafted input is passed in to be parsed via the X-HTTP-Method-Override header.

    References: https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/538

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -ddfc7ccd42c468bfef54b7698d1c4acb85cce758

    Affected versions

    2.3.9
    2.3.8
    2.3.7
    2.3.6
    2.3.5
    2.3.4
    2.3.3
    2.3.2
    2.3.1
    2.3.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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