CVE-2016-3956

Summary

CVECVE-2016-3956
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-07-02 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-15 16:30:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ibm Sdk All All All All
Application Ibm Sdk All All All All
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Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.1 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.10 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.11 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.12 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.13 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.14 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.15 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.16 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.16-isaacs-manual All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.17 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.18 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.19 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.2 All All All
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Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.11 All All All
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Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.16 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.16-isaacs-manual All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.17 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.18 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.19 All All All
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Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.27 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 0.10.28 All All All
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Application Nodejs Node.js 0.12.0 All All All
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Application Nodejs Node.js 4.3.1 rc.1 All All
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Application Nodejs Node.js 4.4.0 rc.1 All All
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Application Nodejs Node.js 4.4.0 rc.4 All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 4.4.1 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 5.0.0 All All All
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Application Nodejs Node.js 5.8.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 5.8.1 rc.1 All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 5.9.0 All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js 5.9.1 All All All
Application Npm Npm 3.0.0 All All All
Application Npm Npm 3.1.0 All All All
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Application Npm Npm 3.8.1 All All All
Application Npm Npm 3.8.2 All All All
Application Npm Npm All All All All
Application Npmjs Npm All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
npm uses auth token from registry on http[s]:// dependencies, breaking BitBucket URLs · Issue #8380 · npm/npm · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
The npm Blog — fixing a bearer token vulnerability CONFIRM blog.npmjs.org
config: only send token to registry hosts · npm/npm@f67ecad · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Security Bulletin: Current Releases of IBM® SDK for Node.js™ are affected by CVE-2016-3956 CONFIRM www-01.ibm.com Vendor Advisory
npm security updates v2.15.1 and v3.8.3 | Node.js CONFIRM nodejs.org Vendor Advisory
config: only send token to registry hosts · npm/npm@fea8cc9 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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