What is CVE-2024-45590?

CVE-2024-45590 is a high-severity vulnerability in Expressjs Body-parser, classified under Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-09-10.

How severe is CVE-2024-45590?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-45590 known to be exploited?

8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Expressjs Body-parser

CVE-2024-45590

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…

EPSS: 0.014 (80.7th 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

Expressjs Body-parser — versions < 1.20.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-405 — Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

https://github.com/expressjs/body-parser/security/advisories/GHSA-qwcr-r2fm-qrc7 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/expressjs/body-parser/commit/b2695c4450f06ba3b0ccf48d872a229bb41c9bce (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45590?: CVE-2024-45590 is a high-severity vulnerability in Expressjs Body-parser, classified under Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-09-10.
How severe is CVE-2024-45590?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-45590 known to be exploited?: 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.