CVE catalog
CVE-2017-16119
Fresh is a module used by the Express.js framework for HTTP response freshness testing. It is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when it is passed specially crafted input to parse. T
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.56% · Oct 25, 2026
Fresh is a module used by the Express.js framework for HTTP response freshness testing. It is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when it is passed specially crafted input to parse. This causes the event loop to be blocked causing a denial of service condition.
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 | node-fresh | sid | 2.0.0+~0.5.3-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-fresh | forky | 2.0.0+~0.5.3-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-fresh | trixie | 0.5.2+~0.5.0-2 | fixed |
| Debian | node-fresh | bookworm | 0.5.2+~0.5.0-2 | fixed |
| Cpe | fresh | Not reported | 0.5.2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | node-fresh | 16.04 | 0.2.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-fresh | 18.04 | 0.2.0-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-fresh | source | sid | 0.2.0-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [927715] |
| Debian | node-fresh | source | forky | 0.2.0-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [927715] |
| Debian | node-fresh | source | trixie | 0.2.0-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [927715] |
| Debian | node-fresh | source | bookworm | 0.2.0-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [927715] |
| Cpe | fresh | cpe | Not reported | 0.5.2 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2017-16119 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [node-fresh]Fixed
Details (2)
0.5.2+~0.5.0-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.2.0-2nvd · node-fresh · debian · bookworm; nvd · node-fresh · debian · 12
0.5.2+~0.5.0-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.2.0-2nvd · node-fresh · debian · bookworm; nvd · node-fresh · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [node-fresh]Fixed
Details (2)
0.5.2+~0.5.0-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.2.0-2nvd · node-fresh · debian · 13
0.5.2+~0.5.0-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.2.0-2nvd · node-fresh · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16119]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16119]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16119]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16119]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-16119.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]