CVE-2017-16118 describes a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability in the 'forwarded' module, used by the Express.js framework to process the X-Forwarded-For header. A specially crafted input can trigger this vulnerability, blocking the event loop and causing a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:forwarded_project:forwarded:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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