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CVE-2017-16225

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16225 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting aegir versions 12.0.0 through 12.0.7, where the aegir-release process inadvertently bundled and published the user's GitHub token to npm. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely access sensitive information, specifically the GitHub token, without requiring user interaction. While the CVSS score is 7.5, indicating a high risk of compromise, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 12.0.0, <= 12.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aegir_project:aegir:*:*:*:*:*: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
1.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0118 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: aegirFixed in: 12.0.8

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-6xhf-x49c-m5m6high

Github Token Leak in aegir

Jul 24, 2018

References

nodesecurity.io / advisories/546
Third Party Advisory