The forwarded module is used by the Express.js framework to handle the X-Forwarded-For header. It is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when it's passed specially crafted input to parse. This causes the event loop to be blocked causing a denial of service condition.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2018-0298 | The forwarded module is used by the Express.js framework to handle the X-Forwarded-For header. It is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when it's passed specially crafted input to parse. This causes the event loop to be blocked causing a denial of service condition. |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-mpcf-4gmh-23w8 | Regular Expression Denial of Service in forwarded |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: hackerone
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-17T01:06:51.232Z
Reserved: 2017-10-29T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-16118
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-06-07T02:29:02.940
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:15:51.410
Link: CVE-2017-16118
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