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CVE-2016-3956

The CLI in npm before 2.15.1 and 3.x before 3.8.3, as used in Node.js 0.10 before 0.10.44, 0.12 before 0.12.13, 4 before 4.4.2, and 5 before 5.10.0, includes bearer tokens with arbitrary requests, which allows remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information by reading Authorization headers.

Severity
High 7.5
Published
2 Jul 2016
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Node.jsServers and applications · cpe:a:nodejs:node.js
  • Version 5.9.1
  • Version 5.9.0
  • Version 5.8.1-rc.1
  • Version 5.8.0
All 90 release lines
  • Version 0.10.0
  • Version 0.10.1
  • Version 0.10.2
  • Version 0.10.3
  • Version 0.10.4
  • Version 0.10.5
  • Version 0.10.6
  • Version 0.10.7
  • Version 0.10.8
  • Version 0.10.9
  • Version 0.10.10
  • Version 0.10.11
  • Version 0.10.12
  • Version 0.10.13
  • Version 0.10.14
  • Version 0.10.15
  • Version 0.10.16
  • Version 0.10.16-isaacs-manual
  • Version 0.10.17
  • Version 0.10.18
  • Version 0.10.19
  • Version 0.10.20
  • Version 0.10.21
  • Version 0.10.22
  • Version 0.10.23
  • Version 0.10.24
  • Version 0.10.25
  • Version 0.10.26
  • Version 0.10.27
  • Version 0.10.28
  • Version 0.10.29
  • Version 0.10.30
  • Version 0.10.31
  • Version 0.10.32
  • Version 0.10.33
  • Version 0.10.34
  • Version 0.10.35
  • Version 0.10.36
  • Version 0.10.37
  • Version 0.10.38
  • Version 0.10.39
  • Version 0.10.40
  • Version 0.10.41
  • Version 0.12.0
  • Version 0.12.1
  • Version 0.12.2
  • Version 0.12.3
  • Version 0.12.4
  • Version 0.12.5
  • Version 0.12.6
  • Version 0.12.7
  • Version 0.12.8
  • Version 0.12.9
  • Version 4.0.0
  • Version 4.1.0
  • Version 4.1.1
  • Version 4.1.2
  • Version 4.2.0
  • Version 4.2.1
  • Version 4.2.2
  • Version 4.2.3
  • Version 4.2.4
  • Version 4.2.5
  • Version 4.2.6
  • Version 4.3.0
  • Version 4.3.1-rc.1
  • Version 4.3.1-rc.2
  • Version 4.3.1
  • Version 4.3.2
  • Version 4.4.0-rc.1
  • Version 4.4.0-rc.2
  • Version 4.4.0-rc.3
  • Version 4.4.0-rc.4
  • Version 4.4.0
  • Version 4.4.1
  • Version 5.0.0
  • Version 5.1.0
  • Version 5.1.1
  • Version 5.2.0
  • Version 5.3.0
  • Version 5.4.0
  • Version 5.4.1
  • Version 5.5.0
  • Version 5.6.0
  • Version 5.7.0
  • Version 5.7.1
  • Version 5.8.0
  • Version 5.8.1-rc.1
  • Version 5.9.0
  • Version 5.9.1

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3956
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3956