High severity · published Sep 18, 2020
CVE-2020-8251
Node.js < 14.11.0 is vulnerable to HTTP denial of service (DoS) attacks based on delayed requests submission which can make the server unable to accept new connections
7.5
CVSS
8.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Node.js < 14.11.0 is vulnerable to HTTP denial of service (DoS) attacks based on delayed requests submission which can make the server unable to accept new connections.
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)8.4% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
33 · source: NVD
NO
Node.js · Nodejs
14.0.0 before 14.11.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8251
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8251
Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/868834
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/
Vendor Advisory
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2020-security-releases/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0004/
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