CVE-2017-16118
nodejs-forwarded: regular expression denial of service when parsing crafted user input
The forwarded module is used by the Express.js framework to handle the X-Forwarded-For header. It is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when it's passed specially crafted input to parse. This causes the event loop to be blocked causing a denial of service condition.
CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High
EPSS 1.9%
KEV · Not listed
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