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CVE-2019-15606

Affected software3 products, listed below
Severity9.8 Critical CVSS 3.1 2 scores
WeaknessImproper input validation (CWE-20)
Published7 Feb 2020
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

Including trailing white space in HTTP header values in Nodejs 10, 12, and 13 causes bypass of authorization based on header value comparisons

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 6 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 20% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

9.8 CRITICAL v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 7.5 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2020 ↗ CPU 2020-Q2 Oracle GraalVM / JavaScript (Node.js) (19.3.1, 20.0.0)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle GraalVM JavaScript (Node.js) 19.3.1, 20.0.0 19.3.1.0 · 20.0.0.0

Products and versions

7 products, 10 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd debian debian linux generic 10.0
nvd nodejs node.js generic ≥ 10.0.0 and < 10.19.0 · ≥ 12.0.0 and < 12.15.0 · ≥ 13.0.0 and < 13.8.0
nvd opensuse leap generic 15.1
nvd oracle communications cloud native core network function cloud native environment generic 1.4.0
nvd oracle graalvm javase 19.3.1 · 20.0.0
nvd redhat enterprise linux generic 8.0
nvd redhat enterprise linux eus generic 8.1

Earlier manual review

A reviewer classified this CVE in an older dataset. We kept the labels and products below, but not the reviewer's reasoning.

## Manual Classification Context **Labels:** JAVASCRIPT (NODE.JS), MULTIPLE, NO AUTH REMOTE EXPLOIT **Products:** NODEJS, ORACLE GRAALVM ENTERPRISE EDITION, ORACLE GRAALVM

References

URLTags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0573 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0579 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0597 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0598 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0602 Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/730779 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v10.19.0/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v12.15.0/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v13.8.0/ Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published2020-02-07By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.