{"id":"CVE-2016-10532","aliases":["EUVD-2019-0327","GHSA-q52j-4q2q-hcj6"],"status":"published","title":"Authentication Bypass in console-io","description":"console-io is a module that allows users to implement a web console in their application. A malicious user could bypass the authentication and execute any command that the user who is running the console-io application 2.2.13 and earlier is able to run. This means that if console-io was running from root, the attacker would have full access to the system. This vulnerability exists because the console-io application does not configure socket.io to require authentication, which allows a malicious user to connect via a websocket to send commands and receive the response.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-07","score":0.02332,"percentile":0.83647,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-287"],"published":"2018-05-31T20:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-24T10:31:03Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"console-io","fixed_in":["2.3.0"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"console-io","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.3.0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"console-io","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.3.0"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"console-io_project","product":"console-io"},{"vendor":"hackerone","product":"console-io node module"}],"references":[{"url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/90","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10532","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q52j-4q2q-hcj6","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/90","tags":["web"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2016-10532","description":"console-io is a module that allows users to implement a web console in their application. A malicious user could bypass the authentication and execute any command that the user who is running the console-io application 2.2.13 and earlier is able to run. This means that if console-io was running from root, the attacker would have full access to the system. This vulnerability exists because the console-io application does not configure socket.io to require authentication, which allows a malicious user to connect via a websocket to send commands and receive the response.","status":"published","published":"2018-05-31T20:00:00Z","modified":"2024-09-16T22:03:05.48Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:31.117878Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2019-0327","description":"console-io is a module that allows users to implement a web console in their application. A malicious user could bypass the authentication and execute any command that the user who is running the console-io application 2.2.13 and earlier is able to run. This means that if console-io was running from root, the attacker would have full access to the system. This vulnerability exists because the console-io application does not configure socket.io to require authentication, which allows a malicious user to connect via a websocket to send commands and receive the response.","status":"published","published":"2018-05-31T20:00:00Z","modified":"2024-09-16T22:03:05Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:55:06.207566Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-q52j-4q2q-hcj6","title":"Authentication Bypass in console-io","description":"Affected versions of the `console-io` package do not configure the underlying websocket library to require authentication, resulting in an authentication bypass vulnerability. As `console-io` allows terminal access on the server via a web page, an authentication bypass is essentially remote code execution.\n\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to version 2.3.0 or later.","status":"published","published":"2019-02-18T23:39:39Z","modified":"2023-01-09T05:03:34Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-287"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:05.705235Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2016-10532","description":"console-io is a module that allows users to implement a web console in their application. A malicious user could bypass the authentication and execute any command that the user who is running the console-io application 2.2.13 and earlier is able to run. This means that if console-io was running from root, the attacker would have full access to the system. This vulnerability exists because the console-io application does not configure socket.io to require authentication, which allows a malicious user to connect via a websocket to send commands and receive the response.","status":"published","published":"2018-05-31T20:29:01.067Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:39:53.36Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":10,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-287"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:03:39.176887Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2016-10532","description":"console-io is a module that allows users to implement a web console in their application. A malicious user could bypass the authentication and execute any command that the user who is running the console-io application 2.2.13 and earlier is able to run. This means that if console-io was running from root, the attacker would have full access to the system. This vulnerability exists because the console-io application does not configure socket.io to require authentication, which allows a malicious user to connect via a websocket to send commands and receive the response.","status":"published","published":"2018-05-31T20:29:01.067Z","modified":"2026-10-24T10:31:03.325470472Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:01.531338Z"},{"id":"GHSA-q52j-4q2q-hcj6","title":"Authentication Bypass in console-io","description":"Affected versions of the `console-io` package do not configure the underlying websocket library to require authentication, resulting in an authentication bypass vulnerability. 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