Information disclosure in CLI - CVE-2016-3956
Published: October 14, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21761
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3956
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: npm Inc.
Affected software:
CLI
CLI
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software includes bearer tokens with arbitrary requests, which allows remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information by reading Authorization headers. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3956
Install updates from vendor's website.