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CVE-2017-16026

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16026 describes a vulnerability in the Request HTTP client (versions >=2.2.6 <2.47.0 and >2.51.0 <=2.67.0) where providing a number as the body type for a multipart request can lead to the transmission of uninitialized memory. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) has a network attack vector and high confidentiality impact, allowing an attacker to potentially leak sensitive data without user interaction. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.2.6, < 2.47.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:request_project:request:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
> 2.51.0, <= 2.67.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:request_project:request:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0262 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: requestFixed in: 2.68.0
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: nodejs-request

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-7xfp-9c55-5vqjmedium

Remote Memory Exposure in request

Nov 9, 2018
redhatCVE-2017-16026Low

nodejs-request: Remote Memory Exposure when a multipart request is made

Nov 16, 2015

References

github.com / request/request/issues/1904
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / request/request/pull/2018
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
nodesecurity.io / advisories/309
ExploitThird Party Advisory