Resource exhaustion in HackerOne Hapi Node Module
CVE-2015-9241
Certain input passed into the If-Modified-Since or Last-Modified headers will cause an 'illegal access' exception to be raised. Instead of sending a HTTP 500 error back to the sender, hapi node module before 11.1.3 will continue to hold the socket open until timed out (default node timeout is 2 minutes).
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.021 (81.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- HackerOne Hapi Node Module — versions <11.1.3
- Hapijs Hapi
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic/pull/179 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/hapijs/hapi/commit/aab2496e930dce5ee1ab28eecec94e0e45f03580 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- nodesecurity.io/advisories/63 (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-9241?
- CVE-2015-9241 is a high-severity vulnerability in HackerOne Hapi Node Module, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-05-29.
- How severe is CVE-2015-9241?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-9241 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.