CVE-2024-45590

body-parser vulnerable to denial of service when url encoding is enabled

Description

Impact

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.

Patches

this issue is patched in 1.20.3

References

Patch Available

Fix available through Seal Security.  
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Fix without upgrading

Score

7.5

Severity

High

Ecosystem

JavaScript

Publish Date

September 10, 2024

Modified Date

February 3, 2026

Score Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Versions