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Status published
High
CVE-2016-3956
The CLI in npm before 2.15.1 and 3.x before 3.8.3,...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
sdk, node.js, npm
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.10.0, 0.10.1, 0.10.2, 0.10.3, 0.10.4, 0.10.5, 0.10.6, 0.10.7, 0.10.8, 0.10.9, 0.10.10, 0.10.11, 0.10.12, 0.10.13, 0.10.14, 0.10.15, 0.10.16, 0.10.16-isaacs-manual, 0.10.17, 0.10.18, 0.10.19, 0.10.20, 0.10.21, 0.10.22, 0.10.23, 0.10.24, 0.10.25, 0.10.26, 0.10.27, 0.10.28, 0.10.29, 0.10.30, 0.10.31, 0.10.32, 0.10.33, 0.10.34, 0.10.35, 0.10.36, 0.10.37, 0.10.38, 0.10.39, 0.10.40, 0.10.41, 0.12.0, 0.12.1, 0.12.2, 0.12.3, 0.12.4, 0.12.5, 0.12.6, 0.12.7, 0.12.8, 0.12.9, 4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.2.5, 4.2.6, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 5.0.0, 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 5.4.0, 5.4.1, 5.5.0, 5.6.0, 5.7.0, 5.7.1, 5.8.0, 5.8.1, 5.9.0, 5.9.1, 3.0.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 2nd, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.