CVE-2017-16136

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

method-override is a module used by the Express.js framework to let you use HTTP verbs such as PUT or DELETE in places where the client doesn't support it. method-override is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service vulnerability when specially crafted input is passed in to be parsed via the X-HTTP-Method-Override header.

Metrics

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

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
HackerOnemethod-override node module<= 1.0.2 || > 2.0.0 < 2.3.10

References

Timeline

Published
Jun 7, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-16136: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix