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CVE-2016-10525

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10525 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting dwyl hapi-auth-jwt2 version 5.1.1. It allowed attackers to bypass authentication when the 'try' authentication mode was enabled in hapi. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dwyl:hapi-auth-jwt2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0252 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: hapi-auth-jwt2Fixed in: 5.1.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-mg8r-9g6j-hwv9critical

Authentication Bypass in hapi-auth-jwt2

Feb 18, 2019

References

github.com / dwyl/hapi-auth-jwt2/issues/111
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / dwyl/hapi-auth-jwt2/pull/112
Third Party Advisory
nodesecurity.io / advisories/81
Third Party Advisory