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CVE-2024-45590

Sept. 20, 2024, 4:26 p.m.

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10

Products Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
openjsf
  • body-parser
  • *

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.

Weaknesses

CWE-405
Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)

The product does not properly control situations in which an adversary can cause the product to consume or produce excessive resources without requiring the adversary to invest equivalent work or otherwise prove authorization, i.e., the adversary's influence is "asymmetric."

CWE ID: 405

Date

Published: Sept. 10, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Sept. 20, 2024, 4:26 p.m.

Status : Analyzed

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

CPEs

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a openjsf body-parser / / / / / node.js / /

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
Base Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://github.com/ security-advisories@github.com

https://github.com/ security-advisories@github.com