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High 7.5Published Jun 7, 2018

CVE-2017-16119Fresh is a module used by the Express.js framework for HTTP response freshness testing.

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It affects HackerOne fresh node module and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

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.

CVSS
7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
hackerone
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
Oct 8, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
HackerOne fresh node module
hackerone:fresh_node_module (from the name)
before 0.5.2
CNA record
fresh_project fresh
fresh_project:fresh
before 0.5.2
NVD

References

  • x-refsource-misc

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