CVE-2016-2216

7.5 HIGH
Published: April 07, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

The HTTP header parsing code in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.42, 0.11.6 through 0.11.16, 0.12.x before 0.12.10, 4.x before 4.3.0, and 5.x before 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass an HTTP response-splitting protection mechanism via UTF-8 encoded Unicode characters in the HTTP header, as demonstrated by %c4%8d%c4%8a.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://blog.safebreach.com/2016/02/09/http-response-splitting-in-node-js-root-cause-analysis/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://info.safebreach.com/hubfs/Node-js-Response-Splitting.pdf
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177184.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177673.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135711/Node.js-HTTP-Response-Splitting.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83141
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2016-security-releases/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-43
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://blog.safebreach.com/2016/02/09/http-response-splitting-in-node-js-root-cause-analysis/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://info.safebreach.com/hubfs/Node-js-Response-Splitting.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177184.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177673.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135711/Node.js-HTTP-Response-Splitting.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83141
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2016-security-releases/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-43
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.8%
83th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

fedoraproject nodejs

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