{"cve":"CVE-2016-1000232","nvd":{"published":"2018-09-05T17:29:00.373","modified":"2026-06-17T00:38:48.557","status":"Modified","description":"NodeJS Tough-Cookie version 2.2.2 contains a Regular Expression Parsing vulnerability in HTTP request Cookie Header parsing that can result in Denial of Service. This attack appear to be exploitable via Custom HTTP header passed by client. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.3.0.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","score":5.3},"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2101","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2912","https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000232","https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/615627206357d997d5e6ff9da158997de05235ae","https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/commit/e4fc2e0f9ee1b7a818d68f0ac7ea696f377b1534"],"products":["ibm:api_connect","redhat:openshift_container_platform","salesforce:tough-cookie"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:53:14.491561039+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-1000232","score":0.02356,"percentile":0.83748,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-qhv9-728r-6jqg","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qhv9-728r-6jqg","summary":"ReDoS via long string of semicolons in tough-cookie","modified":"2023-11-08T03:58:07.908980Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"tough-cookie","purl":"pkg:npm/tough-cookie","ranges":["<2.3.0"],"fixed":["2.3.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}