nodejs: reason argument in ServerResponse#writeHead() not properly validated
Published Oct 10, 2016
6.1
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 4.09%
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in the ServerResponse#writeHead function in Node.js 0.10.x before 0.10.47, 0.12.x before 0.12.16, 4.x before 4.6.0, and 6.x before 6.7.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via the reason argument.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 4.0.0
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.2.0
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.2
- 4.2.3
- 4.2.4
- 4.2.5
- 4.2.6
- 4.3.0
- 4.3.1
- 4.3.2
- 4.4.0
- 4.4.1
- 4.4.2
- 4.4.3
- 4.4.4
- 4.4.5
- 4.4.6
- 4.4.7
- 4.5.0
Configuration 2
- 0.10.0
- 0.10.1
- 0.10.2
- 0.10.3
- 0.10.4
- 0.10.5
- 0.10.6
- 0.10.7
- 0.10.8
- 0.10.9
- 0.10.10
- 0.10.11
- 0.10.12
- 0.10.13
- 0.10.14
- 0.10.15
- 0.10.16
- 0.10.16-isaacs-manual
- 0.10.17
- 0.10.18
- 0.10.19
- 0.10.20
- 0.10.21
- 0.10.22
- 0.10.23
- 0.10.24
- 0.10.25
- 0.10.26
- 0.10.27
- 0.10.28
- 0.10.29
- 0.10.30
- 0.10.31
- 0.10.32
- 0.10.33
- 0.10.34
- 0.10.35
- 0.10.36
- 0.10.37
- 0.10.38
- 0.10.39
- 0.10.40
- 0.10.41
- 0.10.42
- 0.10.43
- 0.10.44
- 0.10.45
- 0.10.46
Configuration 3
- 12.0
Configuration 4
- 0.12.0
- 0.12.1
- 0.12.2
- 0.12.3
- 0.12.4
- 0.12.5
- 0.12.6
- 0.12.7
- 0.12.8
- 0.12.9
- 0.12.10
- 0.12.11
- 0.12.12
- 0.12.13
- 0.12.14
- 0.12.15
Configuration 5
- 6.0.0
- 6.1.0
- 6.2.0
- 6.2.1
- 6.2.2
- 6.3.0
- 6.3.1
- 6.4.0
- 6.5.0
- 6.6.0
No data.
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2
nodejs-0:0.10.47-2.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2016:2101
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2
nodejs-tough-cookie-0:2.3.1-1.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2016:2101
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3
nodejs-0:0.10.47-2.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2016:2101
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3
nodejs-tough-cookie-0:2.3.1-1.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2016:2101
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1
nodejs-0:0.10.47-2.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2016:2101
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1
nodejs-tough-cookie-0:2.3.1-1.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2016:2101
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
rh-nodejs4-http-parser-0:2.7.0-2.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0002
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
rh-nodejs4-nodejs-0:4.6.2-4.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0002
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS
rh-nodejs4-http-parser-0:2.7.0-2.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0002
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS
rh-nodejs4-nodejs-0:4.6.2-4.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0002
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
rh-nodejs4-http-parser-0:2.7.0-2.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0002
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
rh-nodejs4-nodejs-0:4.6.2-4.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0002
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUS
rh-nodejs4-http-parser-0:2.7.0-2.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0002
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUS
rh-nodejs4-nodejs-0:4.6.2-4.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0002
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUS
rh-nodejs4-http-parser-0:2.7.0-2.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0002
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUS
rh-nodejs4-nodejs-0:4.6.2-4.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0002
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUS
rh-nodejs4-http-parser-0:2.7.0-2.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0002
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUS
rh-nodejs4-nodejs-0:4.6.2-4.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0002
Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4
nodejs
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2
nodejs010-nodejs
Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections
nodejs010-nodejs
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2 | nodejs-0:0.10.47-2.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:2101 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2 | nodejs-tough-cookie-0:2.3.1-1.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:2101 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3 | nodejs-0:0.10.47-2.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:2101 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3 | nodejs-tough-cookie-0:2.3.1-1.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:2101 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 | nodejs-0:0.10.47-2.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:2101 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 | nodejs-tough-cookie-0:2.3.1-1.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:2101 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | rh-nodejs4-http-parser-0:2.7.0-2.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0002 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | rh-nodejs4-nodejs-0:4.6.2-4.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0002 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS | rh-nodejs4-http-parser-0:2.7.0-2.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0002 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS | rh-nodejs4-nodejs-0:4.6.2-4.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0002 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | rh-nodejs4-http-parser-0:2.7.0-2.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0002 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | rh-nodejs4-nodejs-0:4.6.2-4.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0002 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUS | rh-nodejs4-http-parser-0:2.7.0-2.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0002 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUS | rh-nodejs4-nodejs-0:4.6.2-4.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0002 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUS | rh-nodejs4-http-parser-0:2.7.0-2.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0002 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUS | rh-nodejs4-nodejs-0:4.6.2-4.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0002 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUS | rh-nodejs4-http-parser-0:2.7.0-2.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0002 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUS | rh-nodejs4-nodejs-0:4.6.2-4.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0002 |
| Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 | nodejs | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | nodejs010-nodejs | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | nodejs010-nodejs | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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 (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.09% (0.04093) | 90.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 4.09% (0.04093) | 90.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 5.89% (0.05893) | 92.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 4.09% (0.04093) | 90.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 5.89% (0.05893) | 92.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 4.09% (0.04093) | 90.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 5.89% (0.05893) | 92.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 4.09% (0.04093) | 89.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 5.89% (0.05893) | 92.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.11% (0.04108) | 89.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.17% (0.00172) | 36.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00437) | 75.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00437) | 73.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.44% (0.00437) | 70.71th | 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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93483 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2101 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5325 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346910 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c0f13e56a20f9bde5a67d873a7f9564487160762 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5325
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-43 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5325
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00013.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93483 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2101 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5325 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346910 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/c0f13e56a20f9bde5a67d873a7f9564487160762 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch | |
| https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5325 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-43 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5325 |
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