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CVE-2017-15896 in the critical feed json

Node.js was affected by OpenSSL vulnerability CVE-2017-3737 in regards to the use of SSL_read() due to TLS handshake failure.

published 2017-12-11 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-7315

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Node.js was affected by OpenSSL vulnerability CVE-2017-3737 in regards to the use of SSL_read() due to TLS handshake failure. The result was that an active network attacker could send application data to Node.js using the TLS or HTTP2 modules in a way that bypassed TLS authentication and encryption.

Patch / fix

  • nodejs node.js 4.8.7, 6.12.2, 8.9.3, 9.2.1
  • nodejs6 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12, OpenStack Cloud 7, Enterprise Storage 4 6.12.2-11.8.1
  • nodejs4 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12, Enterprise Storage 4 4.8.7-15.8.1
  • firefox-atk SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 2.26.1-2.8.4
  • mozilla-nss SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.45-38.9.3
  • firefox-gtk3 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 3.10.9-2.15.3
  • mozilla-nspr SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 4.21-29.6.1
  • firefox-cairo SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 1.15.10-2.13.4
  • firefox-glib2 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 2.54.3-2.14.7

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:14246-1SUSE-SU-2018:0293-1SUSE-SU-2018:0002-1

  • nodejs Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +15 more 8.9.3-r0
  • nodejs-current Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +15 more 9.2.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-15896

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-15896 updated cvss 5.9

nodejs: Vulnerable to CVE-2017-3737 due to embedded OpenSSL

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 nodejs
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • The Node.js Project Node.js

Classification

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References

Sources

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