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CVE-2017-1000048

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-1000048 describes a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting web frameworks utilizing versions of the 'qs' module older than v6.3.2, v6.2.3, v6.1.2, and v6.0.4. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted request, leading to a crash of the web framework. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, resulting in a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qs_project:qs:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qs_project:qs:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qs_project:qs:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qs_project:qs:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qs_project:qs:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0239 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (14)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: qsFixed in: 6.1.2
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: qsFixed in: 6.2.3
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: qsFixed in: 6.3.2
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: qsFixed in: 6.0.4
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUSFixed in: rh-nodejs6-nodejs-qs-0:6.2.3-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-nodejs6-nodejs-qs-0:6.2.3-1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-nodejs6-nodejs-qs-0:6.2.3-1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-nodejs6-nodejs-qs-0:6.2.3-1.el7
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3Fixed in: nodejs-qs
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4Fixed in: fh-mbaas
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4Fixed in: fh-ngui
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4Fixed in: fh-scm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4Fixed in: fh-statsd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4Fixed in: fh-supercore

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-gqgv-6jq5-jjj9high

Prototype Pollution Protection Bypass in qs

Apr 30, 2020
redhatCVE-2017-1000048Moderate

nodejs-qs: Prototype override protection bypass

Mar 1, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2672
github.com / ljharb/qs/issues/200
Third Party Advisory