CVE-2017-16005 (GCVE-0-2017-16005)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-04 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:19
VLAI
Summary
Http-signature is a "Reference implementation of Joyent's HTTP Signature Scheme". In versions <=0.9.11, http-signature signs only the header values, but not the header names. This makes http-signature vulnerable to header forgery. Thus, if an attacker can intercept a request, he can swap header names and change the meaning of the request without changing the signature.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
Assigner
hackerone CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 59/100 over 186 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
HackerOne http-signature node module Affected: <=0.9.11
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Date Public
2018-04-26 00:00
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