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CVE-2017-16136

N/A
Published: June 7, 2018 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMethod Override

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Method Override· Expressjsnpm
95%
v ≤ 1.0.2v < 2.3.10
Affected range stops below 2.3.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/538

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400

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