CVE-2017-16118

nodejs-forwarded: regular expression denial of service when parsing crafted user input

Published Jun 7, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0298 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mpcf-4gmh-23w8 Regular Expression Denial of Service in forwarded
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
hackerone
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 1:06 AM
Reserved
Oct 29, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 7, 2018, 2:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:08 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 7, 2018, 12:00 AM