VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-16025

CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.87%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-06-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Nes is a websocket extension library for hapi. Hapi is a webserver framework. Versions below and including 6.4.0 have a denial of service vulnerability via an invalid Cookie header. This is only present when websocket authentication is set to `cookie`. Submitting an invalid cookie on the websocket upgrade request will cause the node process to error out.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Primary references