CVE-2017-16137

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Oct 15, 2026

Description

The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low severity issue.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
HackerOnedebug node module<= 2.6.8 || >= 3.0.0 <= 3.0.1

References

Timeline

Published
Jun 7, 2018
Last modified
Oct 15, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-16137: Medium severity, CVSS 5.3 | Vulnix