CVE-2017-16061 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2017-16061

tkinter was a malicious module published with the intent to...

Vulnerability Description

tkinter was a malicious module published with the intent to hijack environment variables. It has been unpublished by npm.

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.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

tkinter node module
Vulnerable Versions:
All versions

Timeline

Official Publish: May 29th, 2018
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.