In short
- CVE-2017-16126 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability affecting botbait (botbait project), botbait.
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.87%, higher than 58.9% of all vulnerabilities.
- No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| botbait | ≤ 2.0.0
| No fix yet |
| botbait npm | ≥ 0.0.0
| No fix yet |
Description
The module botbait is a tool to be used to track bot and automated tools usage with-in the npm ecosystem.
botbait is known to record and track user information.
The module tracks the following information.
- Source IP
- process.versions
- process.platform
- How the module was invoked (test, require, pre-install)
Recommendation
This package has no functional value, and should be removed from your environment if discovered.
NVD description
The module botbait is a tool to be used to track bot and automated tools usage with-in the npm ecosystem. botbait is known to record and track user information. The module tracks the following information. Source IP process.versions process.platform How the module was invoked (test, require, pre-install)
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