CVE-2017-16118

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - support@hackerone.com

Published

2018-06-07

Last modified

2024-09-17

Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected products

• Forwarded (Forwarded Project)
• Forwarded Node Module (Hackerone)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104427
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/527