herbivore downloads Resources over HTTP

HIGH 8.1CVE-2016-10665 · GHSA-7r2x-3qcm-8vfw · Published 04/06/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-10665 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability affecting herbivore (herbivore project), herbivore.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.2%, higher than 82.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
herbivore herbivore_project	`≤ 0.0.3`	No fix yet
herbivore npm	`≤ 0.0.3`	No fix yet

Description

Affected versions of herbivore insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection.

In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running herbivore.

Recommendation

The module author has rewritten much of the package, and in that process, patched the vulnerability, but has not published any of the new code to npm.

In order to get an updated version, it is necessary to install the package from github. This can be done using the following command:

npm i samatt/herbivore

NVD description

herbivore is a packet sniffing and crafting library. Built on libtins herbivore 0.0.3 and below download binary resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested resources with an attacker controlled copy if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10665 · ADVISORY
samatt/Herbivore commit 0a041de · WEB
GitHub Advisory GHSA-7r2x-3qcm-8vfw · ADVISORY
samatt/herbivore · WEB
npmjs.com/advisories/258 · WEB
nodesecurity.io/advisories/258 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

herbivore

herbivore_project

≤ 0.0.3

No fix yet

herbivore

npm

≤ 0.0.3

No fix yet

Description

Affected versions of herbivore insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection.

Recommendation

The module author has rewritten much of the package, and in that process, patched the vulnerability, but has not published any of the new code to npm.

In order to get an updated version, it is necessary to install the package from github. This can be done using the following command:

npm i samatt/herbivore

NVD description