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CVE-2016-1000236

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1000236 describes a timing attack vulnerability in Node-cookie-signature versions prior to 1.0.6, affecting various cookie-signature projects and Debian Linux distributions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) requires high privileges and high attack complexity, allowing an attacker to potentially infer sensitive information through timing differences in cryptographic comparisons. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cookie-signature_project:cookie-signature:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.7
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0090 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 687 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: cookie-signatureFixed in: 1.0.4
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: nodejs010-nodejs-cookie-signature

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-92vm-wfm5-mxvvmedium

cookie-signature Timing Attack

Jan 6, 2020
redhatCVE-2016-1000236Moderate

nodejs-cookie-signature: Timing attack vulnerability

Jun 26, 2014

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2016-1000236
PatchThird Party Advisory
travis-ci.com / nodejs/security-wg/builds/76423102
Third Party Advisory
mail-archive.com / secure-testing-team%40lists.alioth.debian.org/msg06583.html