Insufficient Error Handling in http-proxy

Also known as GHSA-9xw9-pvgv-6p76

Published 8 y ago 2018-06-04 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.5

v3.1 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.7%

percentile 77%

Public exploits

none known

Http-proxy is a proxying library. Because of the way errors are handled in versions before 0.7.0, an attacker that forces an error can crash the server, causing a denial of service.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.66% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.1	7.5	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`
NVD	2.0	5.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`
GitHub	3.1	7.5	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
npm	`http-proxy`	<0.7.0	0.7.0

Affected products

HackerOne http-proxy node module

Classification

Weakness

CWE-703 Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions
CWE-388 7PK - Errors

References

github.com /nodejitsu/node-http-proxy/pull/101 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
nodesecurity.io /advisories/323 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16014 · advisory
github.com /advisories/GHSA-9xw9-pvgv-6p76 · advisory
npmjs.com /advisories/323 · web

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-16014
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-9xw9-pvgv-6p76
NVD: CVE-2017-16014

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Summary