CVE-2017-16118 | BDVDB-2026-101859 Detail
HackerOneforwarded node module
Description#
The forwarded module is used by the Express.js framework to handle the X-Forwarded-For header. It is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when it's passed specially crafted input to parse. This causes the event loop to be blocked causing a denial of service condition.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References#
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.