The forwarded module is used by the Express.js framework to handle the X-Forwarded-For header. It is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when it's passed specially crafted input to parse. This causes the event loop to be blocked causing a denial of service condition.
                
            References
                    | Link | Resource | 
|---|---|
| https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/527 | Third Party Advisory | 
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104427 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry | 
Configurations
                    Information
                Published : 2018-06-06 19:29
Updated : 2019-10-09 16:24
NVD link : CVE-2017-16118
Mitre link : CVE-2017-16118
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CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-400
                        
            Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Products Affected
                forwarded_project
- forwarded


