CVE-2017-16005

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Http-signature is a "Reference implementation of Joyent's HTTP Signature Scheme". In versions <=0.9.11, http-signature signs only the header values, but not the header names. This makes http-signature vulnerable to header forgery. Thus, if an attacker can intercept a request, he can swap header names and change the meaning of the request without changing the signature.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20 CWE-347

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
HackerOne	http-signature node module	<=0.9.11

References

https://github.com/joyent/node-http-signature/issues/10Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/318Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/joyent/node-http-signature/issues/10Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/318Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 4, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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