01 Record
CVE-2016-1000232
NodeJS Tough-Cookie version 2.2.2 contains a Regular Expression Parsing vulnerability in HTTP request Cookie Header parsing that can result in Denial of Service. This attack appear to be exploitable
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
NodeJS Tough-Cookie version 2.2.2 contains a Regular Expression Parsing vulnerability in HTTP request Cookie Header parsing that can result in Denial of Service. This attack appear to be exploitable
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-09-05 17:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 03:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-10-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 76eab6b9932c0c1fd6bf5450692f39b937fc16f2aae24261a9b2eadafa3b77a9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2101https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2101
- www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/ibm-security-bulletin-ibm-api-connect-is-affected-by-node-js-tough-cookie-module-vulnerability-to-a-denial-of-service-cve-2016-1000232/
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2912https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2912
- www.npmjs.comhttps://www.npmjs.com/advisories/130
- github.comhttps://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/615627206357d997d5e6ff9da158997de05235ae
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000232
- github.comhttps://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/e4fc2e0f9ee1b7a818d68f0ac7ea696f377b1534