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CVE-2017-16203

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16203 describes a critical data exfiltration vulnerability within the coffe-script module, impacting the coffescript_project. During installation, this module illicitly transmits sensitive user data, including private SSH keys and bash history, to an external third-party server. Rated as HIGH severity with a CVSS score of 7.5, the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to a high impact on confidentiality. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:coffescript_project:coffescript:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0112 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 51,466 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-j49g-mp79-5vm5high

coffe-script is malware

Aug 6, 2018

References

nodesecurity.io / advisories/543
Third Party Advisory