High severity · published Jun 7, 2018
CVE-2018-3711
Fastify node module before 0.38.0 is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack by sending a request with "Content-Type: application/json" and a very large payload
7.5
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Fastify node module before 0.38.0 is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack by sending a request with "Content-Type: application/json" and a very large payload.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FA
Fastify · Fastify
before 0.38.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3711
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3711
Exploit
https://github.com/fastify/fastify/pull/627
Exploit
https://hackerone.com/reports/303632
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