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CVE-2024-45590

body-parser vulnerable to denial of service when url encoding is enabled

Published: Sep 10, 2024Updated: Sep 20, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-405
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 47.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

body-parser is Node.js body parsing middleware. body-parser <1.20.3 is vulnerable to denial of service when url encoding is enabled. A malicious actor using a specially crafted payload could flood the server with a large number of requests, resulting in denial of service. This issue is patched in 1.20.3.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-405NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

body-parserexpressjs
Library
OSS Libraries / web-framework
body-parsernpmOSS Libraries
body-parseropenjsf
Library
OSS Libraries / npm
expressjsoss-projectOSS Librariesaka express
npmpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
openjsfoss-projectOSS Librariesaka openjsf

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://github.com/expressjs/body-parser/security/advisories/GHSA-qwcr-r2fm-qrc7
github.com
https://github.com/expressjs/body-parser/commit/b2695c4450f06ba3b0ccf48d872a229bb41c9bce
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45590
nvd.nist.gov
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Timeline

Published
Sep 10, 2024
Last Updated
Sep 20, 2024

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