SB2024091249 - Remote denial of service in Express.js body-parser
Published: September 12, 2024 Updated: September 5, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024091249
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45590)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of a large number of requests when url encoding is enabled. A remote attacker can send multiple requests to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.