### [CVE-2017-16118](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16118)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=forwarded%20node%20module&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=%3C%200.1.2%20&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=Denial%20of%20Service%20(CWE-400)&color=brightgreen)

### Description

The forwarded module is used by the Express.js framework to handle the X-Forwarded-For header. It is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service when it's passed specially crafted input to parse. This causes the event loop to be blocked causing a denial of service condition.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/ossf-cve-benchmark/CVE-2017-16118