nodejs-hawk: Long headers or URIs can cause minor DoS
Published Apr 13, 2016
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.37%
Description
Hawk before 3.1.3 and 4.x before 4.1.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or partial outage) via a long (1) header or (2) URI that is matched against an improper regular expression.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.1.2
- 4.1.0
No data.
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1
nodejs-hawk
Under investigation
Red Hat Software Collections
nodejs010-nodejs-hawk
Under investigation
Red Hat Software Collections
rh-nodejs4-nodejs-hawk
Under investigation
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 | nodejs-hawk | Under investigation | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | nodejs010-nodejs-hawk | Under investigation | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | rh-nodejs4-nodejs-hawk | Under investigation | n/a |
hawk
npm
Introduced 4.0.0 Fixed 4.1.1hawk
npm
Introduced 0 Fixed 3.1.3
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | hawk | 4.0.0 | 4.1.1 |
| npm | hawk | 0 | 3.1.3 |
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. Additionally nodejs-hawk is only present as a BuildRequires dependency in the nodejs-request package, the actual hawk functionality is not used in OpenShift Enterprise 3. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.37% (0.03370) | 88.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.37% (0.03370) | 87.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 25, 2025 | 5.13% (0.05129) | 89.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.16% (0.03158) | 85.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.32% (0.04316) | 81.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.16% (0.03158) | 86.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.34% (0.02345) | 90.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 26, 2023 | 2.34% (0.02345) | 88.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.32% (0.02321) | 87.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/20/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/20/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2515 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1309721 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jcpv-g9rr-qxrc Advisory
- https://github.com/hueniverse/hawk/commit/0833f99ba64558525995a7e21d4093da1f3e15fa x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://github.com/hueniverse/hawk/issues/168 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/77 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2515
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2515
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/77
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/20/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/20/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2515 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1309721 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jcpv-g9rr-qxrc | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/hueniverse/hawk/commit/0833f99ba64558525995a7e21d4093da1f3e15fa | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://github.com/hueniverse/hawk/issues/168 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/77 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2515 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2515 | ||
| https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/77 |
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