Resource exhaustion in Http-Swagger Project
CVE-2022-24863
http-swagger is an open source wrapper to automatically generate RESTful API documentation with Swagger 2.0. In versions of http-swagger prior to 1.2.6 an attacker may perform a denial of service attack consisting of memory exhaustion on the host system. The cause of the memory exhaustion is down to improper handling of http methods. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may to restrict the path prefix to the "GET" method as a workaround.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.024 (82.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Http-swagger_project Http-swagger
- Swaggo Http-swagger — versions < 1.2.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- security-advisories@github.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-24863?
- CVE-2022-24863 is a high-severity vulnerability in Http-Swagger Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-04-18.
- How severe is CVE-2022-24863?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-24863 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.