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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-16026

Request is an http client. If a request is made using ```multipart```, and the body type is a ```number```, then the specified number of non-zero memory is passed in the body. This affects Request >=2.2.6 <2.47.0 || >2.51.0 <=2.67.0.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:52 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-16026

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Jun 2018, 19:29 UTC

Request is an http client. If a request is made using ```multipart```, and the body type is a ```number```, then the specified number of non-zero memory is passed in the body. This affects Request >=2.2.6 <2.47.0 || >2.51.0 <=2.67.0.

osv:CVE-2017-16026
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16026",
  "method": "structured",
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    "title": "CVE-2017-16026",
    "summary": "Request is an http client. If a request is made using ```multipart```, and the body type is a ```number```, then the specified number of non-zero memory is passed in the body. This affects Request >=2.2.6 <2.47.0 || >2.51.0 <=2.67.0.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-16026",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:16.473452250Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/request/request/issues/1904",
        "https://github.com/request/request/pull/2018",
        "https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/309"
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  "document_id": 380232,
  "published_at": "2018-06-04T19:29:01.537+00:00"
}