Description
Http-signature is a "Reference implementation of Joyent's HTTP Signature Scheme". In versions <=0.9.11, http-signature signs only the header values, but not the header names. This makes http-signature vulnerable to header forgery. Thus, if an attacker can intercept a request, he can swap header names and change the meaning of the request without changing the signature.
Published: 2018-06-04
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0766 Http-signature is a "Reference implementation of Joyent's HTTP Signature Scheme". In versions <=0.9.11, http-signature signs only the header values, but not the header names. This makes http-signature vulnerable to header forgery. Thus, if an attacker can intercept a request, he can swap header names and change the meaning of the request without changing the signature.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-q257-vv4p-fg92 Header Forgery in http-signature
History

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0011}

epss

{'score': 0.00161}


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Joyent Http-signature
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:19:33.991Z

Reserved: 2017-10-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16005

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-04T19:29:00.523

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:15:39.063

Link: CVE-2017-16005

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-16005 - Bugzilla

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