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CVE-2019-10196

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-03-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-665

Description

A flaw was found in http-proxy-agent, prior to version 2.1.0. It was discovered http-proxy-agent passes an auth option to the Buffer constructor without proper sanitization. This could result in a Denial of Service through the usage of all available CPU resources and data exposure through an uninitialized memory leak in setups where an attacker could submit typed input to the auth parameter.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 27
• Http-Proxy-Agent Project Http-Proxy-Agent: before 2.1.0 — fixed in 2.1.0
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 7.0
• RedHat Software Collections: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Http-Proxy-Agent Project Http-Proxy-Agent 2.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1567245
• https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/607
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1567245
• https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/607

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