CVE-2016-3956
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jul 2, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 5, 2016
Description
The CLI in npm before 2.15.1 and 3.x before 3.8.3, as used in Node.js 0.10 before 0.10.44, 0.12 before 0.12.13, 4 before 4.4.2, and 5 before 5.10.0, includes bearer tokens with arbitrary requests, which allows remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information by reading Authorization headers.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/8380
- https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f67ecad59e99a03e5aad8e93cd1a086ae087cb29
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21980827
- https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/fea8cc92cee02c720b58f95f14d315507ccad401
- http://blog.npmjs.org/post/142036323955/fixing-a-bearer-token-vulnerability
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/npm-tokens-leak-march-2016/
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