Medium severity · published Jun 4, 2018
CVE-2017-16026
Request is an http client
5.9
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Request is an http client. If a request is made using ```multipart```, and the body type is a ```number```, then the specified number of non-zero memory is passed in the body. This affects Request >=2.2.6 <2.47.0 || >2.51.0 <=2.67.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RE
Request · Request Project
2.2.6 before 2.47.0; after 2.51.0 through 2.67.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16026
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16026
Exploit
https://github.com/request/request/issues/1904
Exploit
https://github.com/request/request/pull/2018
Exploit
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/309
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