Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Jun 7, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-16129
CVE-2017-16129
Description
The HTTP client module superagent is vulnerable to ZIP bomb attacks. In a ZIP bomb attack, the HTTP server replies with a compressed response that becomes several magnitudes larger once uncompressed. If a client does not take special care when processing such responses, it may result in excessive CPU and/or memory consumption. An attacker might exploit such a weakness for a DoS attack. To exploit this the attacker must control the location (URL) that superagent makes a request to.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
superagentnpm | < 3.7.0 | 3.7.0 |
Affected products
2- HackerOne/superagent node modulev5Range: <3.7.0
Patches
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References
6- github.com/visionmedia/superagent/issues/1259nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-8225-6cvr-8pqpghsaADVISORY
- nodesecurity.io/advisories/479nvdThird Party Advisory
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16129ghsaADVISORY
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_bombghsaWEB
- www.npmjs.com/advisories/479ghsaWEB
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