CVE catalog
CVE-2016-3956
npm: CVE-2016-3956
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 5.46% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | npm | sid | 12.2.0+ds1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | npm | forky | 12.2.0+ds1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | npm | trixie | 9.2.0~ds1-3 | fixed |
| Debian | npm | bookworm | 9.2.0~ds1-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | npm | pro | 3.5.2-0ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | npm | pro | 3.5.2-0ubuntu4.1.18.04.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | npm | pro | 3.5.2-0ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | npm | pro | 3.5.2-0ubuntu4.1.18.04.1~esm1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | npm | source | sid | 5.8.0+ds-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [850322] |
| Debian | npm | source | forky | 5.8.0+ds-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [850322] |
| Debian | npm | source | trixie | 5.8.0+ds-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [850322] |
| Debian | npm | source | bookworm | 5.8.0+ds-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [850322] |
| Ubuntu | npm | deb | pro | 3.5.2-0ubuntu4.1.18.04.1~esm1 | Not reported | USN-4785-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | npm | deb | pro | 3.5.2-0ubuntu4.1.18.04.1~esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3956 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [npm]Fixed
Details (2)
9.2.0~ds1-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
5.8.0+ds-2dsa · npm · debian · bookworm; dsa · npm · debian · 12
9.2.0~ds1-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
5.8.0+ds-2dsa · npm · debian · bookworm; dsa · npm · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [npm]Fixed
Details (2)
9.2.0~ds1-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
5.8.0+ds-2dsa · npm · debian · 13
9.2.0~ds1-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
5.8.0+ds-2dsa · npm · debian · 13
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