CVE-2017-16025
Denial of Service in nes
Nes is a websocket extension library for hapi. Hapi is a webserver framework. Versions below and including 6.4.0 have a denial of service vulnerability via an invalid Cookie header. This is only present when websocket authentication is set to cookie. Submitting an invalid cookie on the websocket upgrade request will cause the node process to error out.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Nes is a websocket extension library for hapi. Hapi is a webserver framework. Versions below and including 6.4.0 have a denial of service vulnerability via an invalid Cookie header. This is only present when websocket authentication is set to cookie. Submitting an invalid cookie on the websocket upgrade request will cause the node process to error out.
- Record
CVE-2017-16025- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Nes is a websocket extension library for hapi. Hapi is a webserver framework. Versions below and including 6.4.0 have a denial of service vulnerability via an invalid Cookie header. This is only present when websocket authentication is set to cookie. Submitting an invalid cookie on the websocket upgrade request will cause the node process to error out.
- Record
CVE-2017-16025- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0216 No score
Nes is a websocket extension library for hapi. Hapi is a webserver framework. Versions below and including 6.4.0 have a denial of service vulnerability via an invalid Cookie header. This is only present when websocket authentication is set to cookie. Submitting an invalid cookie on the websocket upgrade request will cause the node process to error out.
- Record
EUVD-2018-0216- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3pwh-5mmc-mwrx No score
Denial of Service in nes
Affected versions of nes are vulnerable to denial of service when given an invalid cookie header, and websocket authentication is set to cookie. Submitting an invalid cookie on the websocket upgrade request will cause the node process to throw and exit.
Recommendation
Update to version 6.4.1 or later.
- Record
GHSA-3pwh-5mmc-mwrx- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Nes is a websocket extension library for hapi. Hapi is a webserver framework. Versions below and including 6.4.0 have a denial of service vulnerability via an invalid Cookie header. This is only present when websocket authentication is set to cookie. Submitting an invalid cookie on the websocket upgrade request will cause the node process to error out.
- Record
CVE-2017-16025- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-3pwh-5mmc-mwrx No score
Denial of Service in nes
Affected versions of nes are vulnerable to denial of service when given an invalid cookie header, and websocket authentication is set to cookie. Submitting an invalid cookie on the websocket upgrade request will cause the node process to throw and exit.
Recommendation
Update to version 6.4.1 or later.
- Record
GHSA-3pwh-5mmc-mwrx- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-16025 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Hapijs Nes, published June 4, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.87%, the 79th percentile. Fixed in nes 6.4.1.