TI-2017-11855 Aliases CVE-2017-16136 GHSA-qx2f-477c-35rq

Uncontrolled resource consumption in HackerOne method-override node module

LOW 35CWE-400Published 2018-06-07 · Updated 2024-09-17

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 and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

method-override is a module used by the Express.js framework to let you use HTTP verbs such as PUT or DELETE in places where the client doesn't support it. method-override is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service vulnerability when specially crafted input is passed in to be parsed via the X-HTTP-Method-Override header.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01196 68th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed method-override (npm): 2.3.10

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
HackerOne	method-override node module	<= 1.0.2 \|\| > 2.0.0 < 2.3.10	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	method-override (npm)	1.0.2 to before 2.3.10	2.3.10	Patch available	GHSA-qx2f-477c-35rq
—	method-override (npm)	2.0.0 to before 2.3.10	2.3.10	Patch available	GHSA-qx2f-477c-35rq

method-override node module VendorHackerOne Affected <= 1.0.2 || > 2.0.0 < 2.3.10 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
method-override (npm) Vendor— Affected 1.0.2 to before 2.3.10 Fixed in 2.3.10 Patch available GHSA-qx2f-477c-35rq
method-override (npm) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.3.10 Fixed in 2.3.10 Patch available GHSA-qx2f-477c-35rq

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:expressjs:method-override::::::node.js::*	before 2.3.10	Vulnerable	expressjs

cpe:2.3:a:expressjs:method-override:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 2.3.10 Vulnerable ·expressjs

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-qx2f-477c-35rq method-override (npm) Fixed in 2.3.10 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-qx2f-477c-35rq method-override (npm) Fixed in 2.3.10 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-16136
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qx2f-477c-35rq

References

Advisory 2

Other 3

Sources

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