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high 7.5

CVE-2017-16076 json

Hijacked Environment Variables in proxy.js

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-qj73-v688-wqxf , EUVD-2018-0421

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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 It has been unpublished by npm.

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Exploit prediction

1.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm proxy.js
<=1.0.2
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • HackerOne proxy.js node module

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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