Description
method-override is a module used by the Express.js framework to let you use HTTP verbs such as PUT or DELETE in places where the client doesn't support it. method-override is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service vulnerability when specially crafted input is passed in to be parsed via the X-HTTP-Method-Override header.
Published: 2018-06-07
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0315 method-override is a module used by the Express.js framework to let you use HTTP verbs such as PUT or DELETE in places where the client doesn't support it. method-override is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service vulnerability when specially crafted input is passed in to be parsed via the X-HTTP-Method-Override header.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qx2f-477c-35rq method-override ReDoS when untrusted user input passed into X-HTTP-Method-Override header
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Expressjs Method-override
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:18:13.960Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-16136

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-07T02:29:03.770

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:15:53.580

Link: CVE-2017-16136

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-09-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-16136 - Bugzilla

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