CVE-2017-16013

HIGH

hapi 15.0.0-16.1.0 - Denial of Service via Malformed Accept-Encoding Header

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

hapi is a web and services application framework. When hapi >= 15.0.0 <= 16.1.0 encounters a malformed `accept-encoding` header an uncaught exception is thrown. This may cause hapi to crash or to hang the client connection until the timeout period is reached.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/335
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/hapijs/hapi/issues/3466

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0158
EPSS Percentile 72.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20 CWE-400
Status published
Products (2)
hapijs/hapi 15.0.0 - 16.1.0
npm/hapi 15.0.0 - 16.1.1npm
Published Jun 04, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026