CVE-2017-16026

MEDIUM

Request 2.2.6-2.47.0, 2.51.0-2.67.0 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

Request is an http client. If a request is made using ```multipart```, and the body type is a ```number```, then the specified number of non-zero memory is passed in the body. This affects Request >=2.2.6 <2.47.0 || >2.51.0 <=2.67.0.

References (3)

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/request/request/issues/1904

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/request/request/pull/2018

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/309

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0077

EPSS Percentile 73.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-201 CWE-20

Status published

Affected Products (2)

request_project/request < 2.47.0

npm/request < 2.68.0npm

Timeline

Published Jun 04, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026