High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 7, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-16119
CVE-2017-16119
Description
Fresh is a module used by the Express.js framework for HTTP response freshness testing. It is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when it is passed specially crafted input to parse. This causes the event loop to be blocked causing a denial of service condition.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
freshnpm | < 0.5.2 | 0.5.2 |
Affected products
2- HackerOne/fresh node modulev5Range: < 0.5.2
Patches
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References
4- github.com/advisories/GHSA-9qj9-36jm-prpvghsaADVISORY
- nodesecurity.io/advisories/526nvdThird Party Advisory
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16119ghsaADVISORY
- www.npmjs.com/advisories/526ghsaWEB
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