CVE-2017-16136 is a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability affecting the method-override module used by the Express.js framework. This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a denial of service by sending specially crafted input in the X-HTTP-Method-Override header. 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 for the affected system. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.3.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:expressjs:method-override:*:*:*:*:*: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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