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CVE-2017-16072
nodemailer.js was a malicious module published with the intent to hijack environment variables. It has been unpublished by npm.
High7.5EPSS 1.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- hackerone
Description
nodemailer.js was a malicious module published with the intent to hijack environment variables. It has been unpublished by npm.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 33% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
HackerOne · nodemailer.js node module
- affected All versions
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmnodemailer.jsGHSA-j866-8vxx-27hx (opens in a new tab)
References (1)
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/511 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-j866-8vxx-27hx (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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