CVE-2016-3956
npm Token Leak in npm
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.2%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-3956
To remediate CVE-2016-3956, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 5.8.0+ds-2 or later
- —upgrade to 2.15.1 or later
Is CVE-2016-3956 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 5.8.0+ds-2
- from 0, < 2.15.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |