Reference page — cumulative record through Monday, October 19, 2026 UTC. Reference pages update as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record.

CVE-2017-16137

CVE-2017-16137MEDIUM

HackerOne debug node module — The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter.

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  N  N  L    5.3   .0283   86.4     —

AFFECTED
  Product            Versions                         Fixed
  debug node module  <= 2.6.8 || >= 3.0.0 <= 3.0.1 –  —

TIMELINE
  Oct 29  Reserved by hackerone
  Jun 7   Published (CNA: hackerone)
  Oct 15  ENRICHED — CVE-2017-16137 (HackerOne debug node module). Received CVSS 5.3 and CPE data from NVD.

CWE-400 · CNA: hackerone · CVSS v3.0 · 5 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

The debug module is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service when untrusted user input is passed into the o formatter. It takes around 50k characters to block for 2 seconds making this a low severity issue.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
October 29, 2017	Reserved	Reserved by hackerone
June 7, 2018	Published	Published (CNA: hackerone)
October 15, 2026	ENRICHED	ENRICHED — CVE-2017-16137 (HackerOne debug node module). Received CVSS 5.3 and CPE data from NVD.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
HackerOne	debug node module	—	<= 2.6.8 \|\| >= 3.0.0 <= 3.0.1	—

Weaknesses

CWE-400

References (5)

https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/501 [Third Party Advisory]
https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/pull/504 [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3%40%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63%40%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/534 [Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2017-16137 at cve.org

Vendors: hackerone

Weaknesses: CWE-400

About this page

This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2017-16137 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Monday, October 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.