CVE-2019-15606
Including trailing white space in HTTP header values in Nodejs 10, 12, and 13 causes bypass of authorization based on header value comparisons
02 Description
Including trailing white space in HTTP header values in Nodejs 10, 12, and 13 causes bypass of authorization based on header value comparisons
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
- 20.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (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:H/A:H
- 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
- 2020-02-07 14:58Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-04-30 22:24Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-08-26
- Assigning CNA
- hackerone
- 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
- d39da0b4073c9434b9a29bed256824490c21ef53c98eac1f94db53a2728dbffb
05 Affected products
06 References
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0573https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0573
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0579https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0579
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0597https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0597
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0598https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0598
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0602https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0602
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0293http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00008.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202003-48https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-48
- www.debian.orgDSA-4669https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4669
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- nodejs.orghttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v13.8.0/
- nodejs.orghttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2020-security-releases/
- nodejs.orghttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v10.19.0/
- nodejs.orghttps://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v12.15.0/
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200221-0004/
- hackerone.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/730779
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 8
- nodejs-nodemon Fixed
A version is affected if any line below covers it.
- Affected before 1.18.3-1.module_el8.3.0+2023+d2377ea3
- Affected before 1.18.3-1.module_el8.3.0+2047+b07ac28e
- nodejs-packaging Fixed
A version is affected if any line below covers it.
- Affected before 17-3.module_el8.3.0+2023+d2377ea3
- Affected before 17-3.module_el8.4.0+2224+b07ac28e
- Affected before 17-3.module_el8.4.0+2521+c668cc9f
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 8
- nodejs-nodemon Fixed
A version is affected if any line below covers it.
- Affected before 1.18.3-1.module_el8.3.0+2023+d2377ea3
- Affected before 1.18.3-1.module_el8.3.0+2047+b07ac28e
- nodejs-packaging Fixed
A version is affected if any line below covers it.
- Affected before 17-3.module_el8.3.0+2023+d2377ea3
- Affected before 17-3.module_el8.4.0+2224+b07ac28e
- Affected before 17-3.module_el8.4.0+2521+c668cc9f
Derived from AlmaLinux 8. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 8 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- nodejs Fixed in 10.19.0~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- nodejs Fixed in 10.19.0~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- nodejs Fixed in 10.19.0~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- nodejs No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- nodejs Fixed in 4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.2+esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- nodejs Fixed in 8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.