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CVE-2017-16014

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-703

Description

Http-proxy is a proxying library. Because of the way errors are handled in versions before 0.7.0, an attacker that forces an error can crash the server, causing a denial of service.

Affected products

• HackerOne http-proxy node module: before 0.7.0 — fixed in 0.7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HackerOne http-proxy node module 0.7.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/nodejitsu/node-http-proxy/pull/101
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/323
• https://github.com/nodejitsu/node-http-proxy/pull/101
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/323

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