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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 Software Affected 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