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CVE-2018-1000096

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1000096 describes a critical Missing SSL certificate validation vulnerability in all versions of the brianleroux tiny-json-http library since October 29, 2016. This flaw exposes users to severe man-in-the-middle attacks, allowing attackers to intercept and potentially manipulate sensitive data. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Despite its high severity, community discussion and media coverage are limited, with only one mention and one article identified.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.0.0, <= 7.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tiny-json-http_project:tiny-json-http:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0069 is in the 19th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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 (1)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: tiny-json-httpFixed in: 7.0.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-7h42-5vj2-cq39high

tiny-json-http missing SSL certificate validation

Mar 13, 2018

References

github.com / brianleroux/tiny-json-http/pull/15
Third Party Advisory