CVE-2016-1000232
NodeJS Tough-Cookie version 2.2.2 contains a Regular Expression Parsing vulnerability in HTTP request Cookie Header parsing that can…
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Description
NodeJS Tough-Cookie version 2.2.2 contains a Regular Expression Parsing vulnerability in HTTP request Cookie Header parsing that can result in Denial of Service. This attack appear to be exploitable via Custom HTTP header passed by client. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.3.0.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 23 months later
· 23 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmtough-cookieGHSA-qhv9-728r-6jqg (opens in a new tab)
References (7)
- RHSA-2016:2101 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/ibm-security-bulletin-ibm-api-connect-is-affected-by-node-js-tough-cookie-module-vulnerability-to-a-denial-of-service-cve-2016-1000232/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2912 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/130 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/615627206357d997d5e6ff9da158997de05235ae (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000232 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/e4fc2e0f9ee1b7a818d68f0ac7ea696f377b1534 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-qhv9-728r-6jqg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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