CVE-2016-3956

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

5.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 92.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

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.

Published

2016-07-02 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:10Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-04-05

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
• CWE-201Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent DataBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d6c80866da20e4c0612086a0e34b32afbb8da392ed7b55d2f09988f9d5c2c3e8

• github.comhttps://github.com/npm/npm/issues/8380x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f67ecad59e99a03e5aad8e93cd1a086ae087cb29x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www-01.ibm.comhttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21980827x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/npm/npm/commit/fea8cc92cee02c720b58f95f14d315507ccad401x_refsource_CONFIRM
• blog.npmjs.orghttp://blog.npmjs.org/post/142036323955/fixing-a-bearer-token-vulnerabilityx_refsource_CONFIRM
• nodejs.orghttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/npm-tokens-leak-march-2016/x_refsource_CONFIRM