CVE catalog
CVE-2017-16137
node-debug: CVE-2017-16137
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.83% · Oct 27, 2026
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.
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-debug | sid | 4.4.3+~4.1.13-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-debug | forky | 4.4.3+~4.1.13-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-debug | trixie | 4.3.4+~cs4.1.7-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-debug | bookworm | 4.3.4+~cs4.1.7-1 | fixed |
| Npm | debug | Not reported | 4.3.1 | fixed |
| Npm | debug | Not reported | 3.1.0 | fixed |
| Npm | debug | Not reported | 3.2.7 | fixed |
| Npm | debug | Not reported | 4.3.1 | fixed |
| Cpe | debug | Not reported | 3.1.0 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | node-debug | 16.04 | 2.1.0+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-debug | source | sid | 3.1.0-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | node-debug | source | forky | 3.1.0-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | node-debug | source | trixie | 3.1.0-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | node-debug | source | bookworm | 3.1.0-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Npm | debug | npm | Not reported | 4.3.1 | Not reported | GHSA-GXPJ-CX7G-858C | Not reported |
| Npm | debug | npm | Not reported | 3.1.0 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Npm | debug | npm | Not reported | 3.2.7 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Npm | debug | npm | Not reported | 4.3.1 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Cpe | debug | cpe | Not reported | 3.1.0 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2017-16137 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libjs-debug]Fixed
Source package: [node-debug]
Details (2)
4.3.4+~cs4.1.7-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.1.0-1dsa · node-debug · debian · bookworm
4.3.4+~cs4.1.7-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.1.0-1dsa · node-debug · debian · bookworm
- [node-debug]Fixed
Details (2)
4.3.4+~cs4.1.7-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.1.0-1dsa · node-debug · debian · bookworm
4.3.4+~cs4.1.7-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.1.0-1dsa · node-debug · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16137]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16137]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16137]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-16137.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]