CVE-2024-45590
body-parser vulnerable to denial of service when url encoding is enabled
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.4%
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-45590
To remediate CVE-2024-45590, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 1.20.3 or later
Is CVE-2024-45590 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0
- from 0, < 1.20.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |