CVE-2017-16005

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - support@hackerone.com

Published

2018-06-04

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-20, CWE-347

Affected products

• Http-signature Node Module (Hackerone)
• Http-signature (Joyent)

References

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