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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 2, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-3956

CVE-2016-3956

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.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
npmnpm
< 2.15.12.15.1
npmnpm
>= 3.0.0, < 3.8.33.8.3

Affected products

205

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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