{"id":"CVE-2016-10530","aliases":["EUVD-2019-0258","GHSA-856x-cp3q-47vg"],"status":"published","title":"Insecure Default Configuration in airbrake","description":"The airbrake module 0.3.8 and earlier defaults to sending environment variables over HTTP. Environment variables can often times contain secret keys and other sensitive values. A malicious user could be on the same network as a regular user and intercept all the secret keys the user is sending. This goes against common best practice, which is to use HTTPS.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":5.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-07","score":0.01281,"percentile":0.70225,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-200","CWE-310"],"published":"2018-05-31T20:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-24T10:30:35Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"airbrake","fixed_in":["0.4.0"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"airbrake","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.4.0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"airbrake","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.4.0"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"airbrake","product":"airbrake"},{"vendor":"hackerone","product":"airbrake node module"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/airbrake/node-airbrake/issues/70","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","report","web"]},{"url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/96","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10530","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-856x-cp3q-47vg","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/96","tags":["web"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2016-10530","description":"The airbrake module 0.3.8 and earlier defaults to sending environment variables over HTTP. Environment variables can often times contain secret keys and other sensitive values. A malicious user could be on the same network as a regular user and intercept all the secret keys the user is sending. This goes against common best practice, which is to use HTTPS.","status":"published","published":"2018-05-31T20:00:00Z","modified":"2024-09-16T17:48:45.037Z","cwes":["CWE-200"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:31.117878Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2019-0258","description":"The airbrake module 0.3.8 and earlier defaults to sending environment variables over HTTP. Environment variables can often times contain secret keys and other sensitive values. A malicious user could be on the same network as a regular user and intercept all the secret keys the user is sending. 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In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible for them to capture and read these environment variables, which may result in leaking sensitive information.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to version 0.4.0 or later, or upgrade from the now-deprecated `airbrake` module to its replacement, [`airbrake-js`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/airbrake-js).","status":"published","published":"2019-02-18T23:58:13Z","modified":"2023-01-09T05:02:48Z","cwes":["CWE-200"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:03.768255Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2016-10530","description":"The airbrake module 0.3.8 and earlier defaults to sending environment variables over HTTP. Environment variables can often times contain secret keys and other sensitive values. A malicious user could be on the same network as a regular user and intercept all the secret keys the user is sending. 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In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible for them to capture and read these environment variables, which may result in leaking sensitive information.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to version 0.4.0 or later, or upgrade from the now-deprecated `airbrake` module to its replacement, [`airbrake-js`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/airbrake-js).","status":"published","published":"2019-02-18T23:58:13Z","modified":"2023-11-08T03:58:10.842711Z","cwes":["CWE-200"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:41.732368Z"}]}}