{"cve":"CVE-2017-16137","nvd":{"published":"2018-06-07T02:29:03.817","modified":"2026-10-15T16:17:27.250","status":"Modified","description":"The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low severity issue.","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-400"],"references":["https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/501","https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/pull/504","https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3%40%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3E","https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63%40%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E","https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/534"],"products":["debug_project:debug"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:50:40.212176939+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-16137","score":0.02832,"percentile":0.8653,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-gxpj-cx7g-858c","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gxpj-cx7g-858c","summary":"Regular Expression Denial of Service in debug","modified":"2026-09-10T03:47:07.070123052Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"debug","purl":"pkg:npm/debug","ranges":["<2.6.9"],"fixed":["2.6.9"]},{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"debug","purl":"pkg:npm/debug","ranges":[">=3.0.0 <3.1.0"],"fixed":["3.1.0"]},{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"debug","purl":"pkg:npm/debug","ranges":[">=3.2.0 <3.2.7"],"fixed":["3.2.7"]},{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"debug","purl":"pkg:npm/debug","ranges":[">=4.0.0 <4.3.1"],"fixed":["4.3.1"]}]}],"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."]}