Description
herbivore is a packet sniffing and crafting library. Built on libtins herbivore 0.0.3 and below download binary resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested resources with an attacker controlled copy if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Broken Link x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/samatt/Herbivore/commit/0a041defc3463e99948e5d2064aef54b2128c5a3
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/258
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0074
EPSS Percentile
72.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-310
CWE-311
Status
published
Products (2)
herbivore_project/herbivore
< 0.0.3
npm/herbivore
0npm
Published
Jun 04, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026