PT-2018-6101 · Npm · Noderequest

Published 2018-06-07 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2017-16073

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: noderequest versions all

Description: The issue concerns a malicious module named noderequest that was published with the intent to hijack environment variables, sending them to attacker-controlled locations. All versions of this module have been unpublished from the npm registry.

Recommendations: Delete the noderequest package from your environment. Clear your npm cache. Ensure noderequest is not present in any other package.json files on your system. Regenerate your registry credentials, tokens, and any other sensitive credentials that may have been present in your environment variables. Review any services exposed via credentials in your environment variables for indicators of compromise.

Fix

RCE

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-506

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16073

GHSA-5CV7-R488-WC5X

Affected Products

Noderequest

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16073 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5cv7-r488-wc5x · Vendor Advisory
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/512 · Note
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/512 · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5cv7-r488-wc5x · Note