High severity · published Sep 10, 2024
CVE-2024-45590
body-parser vulnerable to denial of service when url encoding is enabled
7.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
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)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BO
body-parser · expressjs
< 1.20.3 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45590
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45590
Patch
https://github.com/expressjs/body-parser/commit/b2695c4450f06ba3b0ccf48d872a229bb41c9bce
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/expressjs/body-parser/security/advisories/GHSA-qwcr-r2fm-qrc7