high7.5
CVE-2017-16118
The forwarded module is used by the Express.js framework to handle the X-Forwarded-For header.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Forwarded Project | Forwarded | before 0.1.2 |