CVE-2016-3956
"npm Bearer Token Disclosure Vulnerability"
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.
INFO
Published Date :
July 2, 2016, 2:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
June 15, 2021, 4:30 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2016-3956
.
URL | Resource |
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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 |
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CVE-2016-3956
vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2016-3956
vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Jun. 15, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value 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 Changed CPE Configuration 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:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 08, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:5.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.4.0:rc.4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.4.0:rc.3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.4.0:rc.2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.4.0:rc.1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.3.1:rc.2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.3.1:rc.1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.16-isaacs-manual:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:npm:npm:2.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) 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 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 Added CWE CWE-200 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 07, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-3956
is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-3956
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.24 }} 0.00%
score
0.59853
percentile