CVE-2017-1000189

high
Published 2017-11-17 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
7.5

Description

nodejs ejs version older than 2.5.5 is vulnerable to a denial-of-service due to weak input validation in the ejs.renderFile()

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000189

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/mde/ejs/commit/49264e0037e313a0a3e033450b5c184112516d8f

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.5.7-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.5.7-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.5.7-1
debian debiansidfixed2.5.7-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.5.7-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
npm npmejs<2.5.52.5.5

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ejsejs{"endExcluding":"2.5.5"}2.5.5

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.