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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-18924

oauth2-server (aka node-oauth2-server) through 3.1.1 implements OAuth 2.0 without PKCE. It does not prevent authorization code injection. This is similar to CVE-2020-7692. NOTE: the vendor states 'As RFC7636 is an extension, I think the claim in the Readme of "RFC 6749 compliant" is valid and not misleading and I also therefore wouldn't describe this as a "vulnerability" with the library per se.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:53 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-18924

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Oct 2020, 05:15 UTC

oauth2-server (aka node-oauth2-server) through 3.1.1 implements OAuth 2.0 without PKCE. It does not prevent authorization code injection. This is similar to CVE-2020-7692. NOTE: the vendor states 'As RFC7636 is an extension, I think the claim in the Readme of "RFC 6749 compliant" is valid and not misleading and I also therefore wouldn't describe this as a "vulnerability" with the library per se.

osv:CVE-2017-18924
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2017-18924",
    "summary": "oauth2-server (aka node-oauth2-server) through 3.1.1 implements OAuth 2.0 without PKCE. It does not prevent authorization code injection. This is similar to CVE-2020-7692. NOTE: the vendor states 'As RFC7636 is an extension, I think the claim in the Readme of \"RFC 6749 compliant\" is valid and not misleading and I also therefore wouldn't describe this as a \"vulnerability\" with the library per se.",
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    "products": [],
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:18.841255873Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://codeburst.io/missing-the-point-in-securing-oauth-2-0-83968708b467",
        "https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7636",
        "https://github.com/oauthjs/node-oauth2-server/pull/452",
        "https://github.com/oauthjs/node-oauth2-server/issues/637",
        "https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-security-topics-15"
      ],
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        "value": "CVE-2017-18924",
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380274,
  "published_at": "2020-10-04T05:15:12.14+00:00"
}