| Name | CVE-2016-3956 |
| Description | The CLI in npm before 2.15.1 and 3.x before 3.8.3, as used in Node.js 0.10 before 0.10.44, 0.12 before 0.12.13, 4 before 4.4.2, and 5 before 5.10.0, includes bearer tokens with arbitrary requests, which allows remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information by reading Authorization headers. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 850322 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm (PTS) | buster | 5.8.0+ds6-4+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 7.5.2+ds-2 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 9.2.0~ds1-1 | fixed | |
| trixie, sid | 9.2.0~ds1-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| npm | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| npm | source | (unstable) | 5.8.0+ds-2 | 850322 |
[jessie] - npm <end-of-life> (Nodejs in jessie not covered by security support, minor issue)
https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/8380
https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/fea8cc92cee02c720b58f95f14d315507ccad401 (2.15.1)
https://github.com/npm/npm/commit/f67ecad59e99a03e5aad8e93cd1a086ae087cb29 (3.8.3)