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Vulnerability details: VCID-r7af-r79e-6qh4
Vulnerability ID VCID-r7af-r79e-6qh4
Aliases CVE-2017-16048
GHSA-x52f-h74p-9jh8
Summary Malicious package (Typosquatting) node-sqlite is a malicious module published with the intent to hijack environment variables. It has been unpublished by npm.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code
System Score Found at
epss 0.00257 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16048
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x52f-h74p-9jh8
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x52f-h74p-9jh8
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x52f-h74p-9jh8
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16048
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16048
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/493
generic_textual HIGH https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/493
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16048
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/493
CVE-2017-16048 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16048
GHSA-x52f-h74p-9jh8 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x52f-h74p-9jh8
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x52f-h74p-9jh8
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16048
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/493
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.49289
EPSS Score 0.00257
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:53:41.385787+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/node-sqlite/CVE-2017-16048.yml 38.6.0