GHSA-984p-xq9m-4rjw

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-984p-xq9m-4rjw

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2019/06/GHSA-984p-xq9m-4rjw/GHSA-984p-xq9m-4rjw.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-984p-xq9m-4rjw

Published

2019-06-07T21:01:53Z

Modified

2021-08-04T21:03:16Z

Severity

5.6 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator

Summary

Rate Limiting Bypass in express-brute

Details

All versions of express-brute are vulnerable to Rate Limiting Bypass. Concurrent requests may lead to race conditions that cause the package to incorrectly count requests. This may allow an attacker to bypass the rate limiting provided by the package and execute requests without limiting.

Recommendation

No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-77"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2019-06-07T21:01:37Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}

References

Affected packages

npm / express-brute

Package

Name: express-brute; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/express-brute

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Last Affected

1.0.1

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2019/06/GHSA-984p-xq9m-4rjw/GHSA-984p-xq9m-4rjw.json"