CVE-2017-16126
Tracking Module in botbait
The module botbait is a tool to be used to track bot and automated tools usage with-in the npm ecosystem. botbait is known to record and track user information. The module tracks the following information. Source IP process.versions process.platform How the module was invoked (test, require, pre-install)
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The module botbait is a tool to be used to track bot and automated tools usage with-in the npm ecosystem. botbait is known to record and track user information. The module tracks the following information. Source IP process.versions process.platform How the module was invoked (test, require, pre-install)
- Record
CVE-2017-16126- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The module botbait is a tool to be used to track bot and automated tools usage with-in the npm ecosystem. botbait is known to record and track user information. The module tracks the following information. Source IP process.versions process.platform How the module was invoked (test, require, pre-install)
- Record
CVE-2017-16126- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-0749 No score
The module botbait is a tool to be used to track bot and automated tools usage with-in the npm ecosystem. botbait is known to record and track user information. The module tracks the following information. Source IP process.versions process.platform How the module was invoked (test, require, pre-install)
- Record
EUVD-2020-0749- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4r5x-qjqc-p579
Tracking Module in botbait
The module botbait is a tool to be used to track bot and automated tools usage with-in the npm ecosystem.
botbait is known to record and track user information.
The module tracks the following information.
- Source IP
- process.versions
- process.platform
- How the module was invoked (test, require, pre-install)
Recommendation
This package has no functional value, and should be removed from your environment if discovered.
- Record
GHSA-4r5x-qjqc-p579- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-4r5x-qjqc-p579
Tracking Module in botbait
The module botbait is a tool to be used to track bot and automated tools usage with-in the npm ecosystem.
botbait is known to record and track user information.
The module tracks the following information.
- Source IP
- process.versions
- process.platform
- How the module was invoked (test, require, pre-install)
Recommendation
This package has no functional value, and should be removed from your environment if discovered.
- Record
GHSA-4r5x-qjqc-p579- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
botbaitnpm |
0.0.0 and later | None known |
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-2017-16126 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Botbait Project Botbait, published June 7, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.87%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.