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CVE-2017-16065

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-506

Description

openssl.js was a malicious module published with the intent to hijack environment variables. It has been unpublished by npm.

Affected products

• HackerOne openssl.js node module: all versions

References

• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/504
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/504

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