CVE-2016-3956
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
7.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 5.8.0+ds-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 5.8.0+ds-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 5.8.0+ds-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 5.8.0+ds-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 5.8.0+ds-2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.7 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.8 | |
| ibm | sdk | {"endIncluding":"1.1.0.20"} | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.1 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.2 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.3 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.4 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.5 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.6 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.7 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.8 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.9 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.10 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.11 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.12 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.13 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.14 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.15 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.16 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.16-isaacs-manual | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.17 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.18 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.19 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.20 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.21 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.22 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.23 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.24 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.25 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.26 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.27 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.28 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.29 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.30 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.31 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.32 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.33 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.34 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.35 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.36 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.37 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.38 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.39 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.40 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.10.41 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.1 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.2 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.3 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.4 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.5 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.6 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 0.12.9 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.0.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.1.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.1.1 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.1.2 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.2.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.2.1 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.2.2 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.2.3 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.2.4 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.2.5 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.2.6 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.3.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.3.1 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.3.2 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.4.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 4.4.1 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 5.0.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 5.1.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 5.1.1 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 5.2.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 5.3.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 5.4.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 5.4.1 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 5.5.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 5.6.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 5.7.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 5.7.1 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 5.8.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 5.8.1 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 5.9.0 | |
| nodejs | node.js | 5.9.1 | |
| npmjs | npm | {"endExcluding":"2.15.1"} | 2.15.1 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3956.html
- http://blog.npmjs.org/post/142036323955/fixing-a-bearer-token-vulnerability
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21980827
- https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f67ecad59e99a03e5aad8e93cd1a086ae087cb29
- https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/fea8cc92cee02c720b58f95f14d315507ccad401
- https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/8380
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/npm-tokens-leak-march-2016/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3956
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m5h6-hr3q-22h5
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/npm-tokens-leak-march-2016
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/98
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3956
CWEs
CWE-200
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