CVE-2017-15010: salesforce tough-cookie Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesRHSA-2017:2913UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15010DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15010GHSA-g7q5-pjjr-gqvp
Published 03-10-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-15010 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in salesforce tough-cookie. EPSS estimates a 3.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)EPSS score
3.28%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Duplicates 1Timeline
- 03-10-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) flaw was found in the tough-cookie module before 2.3.3 for Node.js. An attacker that is able to make an HTTP request using a specially crafted cookie may cause the application to consume an excessive amount of CPU.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versionsHigh 7.5Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HSources5 sources · 5.3–7.5
- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · NpmEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Medium 5.0Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PSourcesSingle source
EPSS trend
Probability
3.28%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
88%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 3.28% on 19-09-2026
19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score3.28%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- node-tough-cookie< 2.3.4+dfsg-1
Npm1 product
- tough-cookie< 2.3.3
Redhat1 product
- rh-nodejs6-nodejs-tough-cookie< 0:2.3.3-1.el6 | < 0:2.3.3-1.el7
Salesforce1 product
- tough-cookie≤ 2.3.2
Ubuntu1 product
- node-tough-cookieAll versions (No fix recorded)
5 vendors · 5 products
References
22 links- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2913Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHATThird Party AdvisoryAdvisoryWEB
- github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/issues/92X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor AdvisoryREPORTWEB