The CLI in npm before 2.15.1 and 3.x before 3.8.3, as used in Node.js 0.10 before 0.10.44, 0.12 before 0.12.13, 4 before 4.4.2, and 5 before 5.10.0, includes bearer tokens with arbitrary requests, which allows remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information by reading Authorization headers.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0293 The CLI in npm before 2.15.1 and 3.x before 3.8.3, as used in Node.js 0.10 before 0.10.44, 0.12 before 0.12.13, 4 before 4.4.2, and 5 before 5.10.0, includes bearer tokens with arbitrary requests, which allows remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information by reading Authorization headers.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-m5h6-hr3q-22h5 npm Token Leak in npm
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4785-1 npm vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-08-06T00:10:31.975Z

Reserved: 2016-04-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-3956

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-07-02T14:59:19.417

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-3956

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-03-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3956 - Bugzilla

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