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CVE-2024-45590 (GCVE-0-2024-45590)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-10 15:54 – Updated: 2024-09-10 18:47
VLAI
Title
body-parser vulnerable to denial of service when url encoding is enabled
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-10 18:42 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-405 - Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
expressjs body-parser Affected: < 1.20.3
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expressjs body-parser Affected: 0 , < 1.20.3 (custom)
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