CVE-2016-10539 describes a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability in the negotiator Node.js module, affecting versions 0.6.0 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a denial of service by sending a specially crafted "Accept-Language" header, impacting applications and frameworks that utilize negotiator, such as Express and Koa. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:negotiator_project:negotiator:*:*:*:*:*: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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