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CVE-2017-16100
dns-sync is a sync/blocking dns resolver. If untrusted user input is allowed into the resolve() method then command injection is possible.
Critical9.8EPSS 5.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- hackerone
Description
dns-sync is a sync/blocking dns resolver. If untrusted user input is allowed into the resolve() method then command injection is possible.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.1% · top 7.7% 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: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
HackerOne · dns-sync node module
- affected All versions
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmdns-syncGHSA-jcw8-r9xm-32c6 (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://github.com/skoranga/node-dns-sync/issues/5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/523 (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-jcw8-r9xm-32c6 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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