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TI-2017-11015 Aliases CVE-2017-15010GHSA-g7q5-pjjr-gqvp

A ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) flaw was found in the tough-cookie module…

Priority LOW 39CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

A ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) flaw was found in the tough-cookie module before 2.3.3 for Node.js. An attacker that is able to make an HTTP request using a specially crafted cookie may cause the application to consume an excessive amount of CPU.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03283 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed tough-cookie (npm): 2.3.3Red Hat: 4 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—tough-cookie (npm)before 2.3.32.3.3Patch availableGHSA-g7q5-pjjr-gqvp
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • tough-cookie (npm) Vendor— Affected before 2.3.3 Fixed in 2.3.3 Patch available GHSA-g7q5-pjjr-gqvp

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:salesforce:tough-cookie:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*up to 2.3.2VulnerableSalesforce
  • cpe:2.3:a:salesforce:tough-cookie:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions up to 2.3.2 Vulnerable ·Salesforce

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-g7q5-pjjr-gqvp tough-cookie (npm) Fixed in 2.3.3 Advisory →

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2018:1263 Released 2018-04-30 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6.0 release - RPMs
    • Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6 fh-system-dump-tool-1.0.0-5.el7, fping-3.10-4.el7map, nagios-4.0.8-8.el7map +47
  • RHSA-2018:1264 Released 2018-04-30 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6.0 Release - Container Images
    • Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6 rhmap46/fh-aaa, rhmap46/fh-appstore, rhmap46/fh-mbaas +18
  • RHSA-2017:2913 Released 2017-10-18 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    rh-nodejs6-nodejs-tough-cookie security update
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-nodejs6-nodejs-tough-cookie-2.3.3-1.el6
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-nodejs6-nodejs-tough-cookie-2.3.3-1.el7
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) rh-nodejs6-nodejs-tough-cookie-2.3.3-1.el6
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-nodejs6-nodejs-tough-cookie-2.3.3-1.el7
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-nodejs6-nodejs-tough-cookie-2.3.3-1.el6
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-nodejs6-nodejs-tough-cookie-2.3.3-1.el7
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2017:2912 Released 2017-10-18 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    rh-nodejs4-nodejs-tough-cookie security update
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-nodejs4-nodejs-tough-cookie-2.3.3-2.el6
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-nodejs4-nodejs-tough-cookie-2.3.3-2.el7
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) rh-nodejs4-nodejs-tough-cookie-2.3.3-2.el6
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-nodejs4-nodejs-tough-cookie-2.3.3-2.el7
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-nodejs4-nodejs-tough-cookie-2.3.3-2.el6
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-nodejs4-nodejs-tough-cookie-2.3.3-2.el7

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4.6Fixed RHSA-2018:1263, RHSA-2018:1264
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2017:2912, RHSA-2017:2913
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:2912, RHSA-2017:2913
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7)Fixed RHSA-2017:2912, RHSA-2017:2913
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3)Fixed RHSA-2017:2912, RHSA-2017:2913
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2017:2912, RHSA-2017:2913
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:2912, RHSA-2017:2913
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3
  • Red Hat Quay 3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-15010
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g7q5-pjjr-gqvp

References

Advisory 9

Other 4

  • TI-2023-11360 Prototype pollution in tough-cookie CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-09353 NodeJS Tough-Cookie version 2.2.2 contains a Regular Expression Parsing vulnerability in… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3

Sources

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