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CVE-2016-1000108· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

yaws before 2.0.4 does not attempt to address RFC 3875 section 4.1.18 namespace conflicts and therefore does not protect CGI applications fr

yaws before 2.0.4 does not attempt to address RFC 3875 section 4.1.18 namespace conflicts and therefore does not protect CGI applications from the presence of untrusted client data in the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to redirect a CGI application's outbound HTTP traffic to an arbitrary proxy server via a crafted Proxy header in an HTTP request, aka an "httpoxy" issue.

MediumCVSS 6.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Dec 10, 2019
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.1% · 64th percentile
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Action score

24

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
24 / 40 · 6.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.1%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
yawsyaws
debiandebian linux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • debian debian linux10.0
  • debian debian linux8.0
  • debian debian linux9.0
  • yaws yawsbefore 2.0.4

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12yawsbefore 2.0.3-22.0.3-2

Same product

yaws: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2017-10974Yaws 1.91 allows Unauthenticated Remote File Disclosure via HTTP Directory Traversal with /%5C../ to port 8080.
    54Plan
  • CVE-2020-24916CGI implementation in Yaws web server versions 1.81 to 2.0.7 is vulnerable to OS command injection.
    44Plan
  • CVE-2020-24379WebDAV implementation in Yaws web server versions 1.81 to 2.0.7 is vulnerable to XXE injection.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2011-4350Yaws 1.91 has a directory traversal vulnerability in the way certain URLs are processed.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2010-4181Directory traversal vulnerability in Yaws 1.89 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..\ (dot dot backslash) and other sequenc
    23Monitor
  • CVE-2009-4495Yaws 1.85 writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window's tit
    23Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:yaws2.0.3-2 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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