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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104427 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/527 | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
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Information
Published : 2018-06-07 02:29
Updated : 2024-02-28 16:25
NVD link : CVE-2017-16118
Mitre link : CVE-2017-16118
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-16118
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Products Affected
forwarded_project
- forwarded
CWE
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption