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CVE-2016-10588

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10588 describes a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the nw.js installer, "nw," which affects nwjs nw products. The vulnerability arises because "nw" downloads zipped resources over unencrypted HTTP, allowing an attacker on the network to intercept and replace the legitimate zip file with a malicious binary. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.1) has a network attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
> 0.23.6-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nwjs:nw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0176 is in the 34th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: nwFixed in: 0.23.6-1

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-hv96-xxx2-5v7whigh

Downloads Resources over HTTP in nw

Feb 18, 2019

References

nodesecurity.io / advisories/166
Third Party Advisory