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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 29, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-16062

CVE-2017-16062

Description

node-tkinter was a malicious module published with the intent to hijack environment variables. It has been unpublished by npm.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
node-tkinternpm	< 1.0.3	1.0.3

Affected products

2

ghsa-coords
pkg:npm/node-tkinter
Range: < 1.0.3
HackerOne/node-tkinter node modulev5
Range: All versions

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

4

github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwcv-m549-5cm8ghsaADVISORY
nodesecurity.io/advisories/501nvdThird Party Advisory
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16062ghsaADVISORY
www.npmjs.com/advisories/501ghsaWEB

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