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CVE-2016-3956 Detail

Description

The CLI in npm before 2.15.1 and 3.x before 3.8.3, as used in Node.js 0.10 before 0.10.44, 0.12 before 0.12.13, 4 before 4.4.2, and 5 before 5.10.0, includes bearer tokens with arbitrary requests, which allows remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information by reading Authorization headers.

Severity

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://blog.npmjs.org/post/142036323955/fixing-a-bearer-token-vulnerability	Vendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21980827	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f67ecad59e99a03e5aad8e93cd1a086ae087cb29	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/fea8cc92cee02c720b58f95f14d315507ccad401	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/8380	Third Party Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/npm-tokens-leak-march-2016/	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-200	Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor	NIST

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Change History

3 change records found show changes

Reanalysis by NIST 6/15/2021 12:30:40 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 1751 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm::::::::* versions up to (including) 2.15.0 cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.0.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.1.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.1.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.1.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.1.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.2.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.2.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.2.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.0::::::: *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3	OR cpe:2.3:a:npmjs:npm::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 2.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:npmjs:npm::::::::* versions from (including) 3.0.0 up to (excluding) 3.8.3
Removed	CVSS V3	NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Added	CVSS V3.1		NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Changed	Reference Type	http://blog.npmjs.org/post/142036323955/fixing-a-bearer-token-vulnerability No Types Assigned	http://blog.npmjs.org/post/142036323955/fixing-a-bearer-token-vulnerability Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f67ecad59e99a03e5aad8e93cd1a086ae087cb29 No Types Assigned	https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f67ecad59e99a03e5aad8e93cd1a086ae087cb29 Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/fea8cc92cee02c720b58f95f14d315507ccad401 No Types Assigned	https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/fea8cc92cee02c720b58f95f14d315507ccad401 Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/8380 No Types Assigned	https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/8380 Third Party Advisory

Modified Analysis by NIST 7/08/2016 11:42:41 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		Record truncated, showing 500 of 7377 characters. View Entire Change Record Configuration 1 OR cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sdk:4.4.1.0:::::nodejs::* (and previous) cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sdk:1.2.0.10:::::nodejs::* (and previous) cpe:2.3:a:ibm:sdk:1.1.0.20:::::nodejs::* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:5.9.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:5.9.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:5.8.1:rc.1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:5.8.0:::::::
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Added	CWE		CWE-200
Changed	Reference Type	http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21980827 No Types Assigned	http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21980827 Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/npm-tokens-leak-march-2016/ No Types Assigned	https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/npm-tokens-leak-march-2016/ Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-3956
NVD Published Date:
07/02/2016
NVD Last Modified:
06/15/2021
Source:
MITRE

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