GHSA-qwcr-r2fm-qrc7

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qwcr-r2fm-qrc7
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/09/GHSA-qwcr-r2fm-qrc7/GHSA-qwcr-r2fm-qrc7.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-qwcr-r2fm-qrc7
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Published
2024-09-10T15:52:39Z
Modified
2024-09-10T19:01:08Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 8.7 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
body-parser vulnerable to denial of service when url encoding is enabled
Details

Impact

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.

Patches

this issue is patched in 1.20.3

References

Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-09-10T16:15:21Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-405"
    ],
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-09-10T15:52:39Z"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / body-parser

Package

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.20.3