Remote denial of service in Express.js body-parser
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2024-45590 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-405 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
body-parser Web applications / JS libraries |
| Vendor | Express.js |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)
EUVDB-ID: #VU97208
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45590
CWE-ID:
CWE-405 - Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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.
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Vulnerable software versionsbody-parser: 1.0.0 - 1.20.2
External linkshttp://github.com/expressjs/body-parser/security/advisories/GHSA-qwcr-r2fm-qrc7
http://github.com/expressjs/body-parser/commit/b2695c4450f06ba3b0ccf48d872a229bb41c9bce
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
