What is CVE-2025-57317?

CVE-2025-57317 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apidocjs Apidoc-Core, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2025-57317?

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

Is CVE-2025-57317 known to be exploited?

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

Resource exhaustion in Apidocjs Apidoc-Core

CVE-2025-57317

apidoc-core is the core parser library to generate apidoc result following the apidoc-spec. A Prototype Pollution vulnerability in the preProcess function of apidoc-core versions thru 0.15.0 allows attackers to inject properties on Object.prototype via supplying a crafted payload, causing denial of service (DoS) as the minimum consequence.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.003 (25.6th 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

Apidocjs Apidoc-core
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@mitre.org (Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-57317?: CVE-2025-57317 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apidocjs Apidoc-Core, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2025-57317?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-57317 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.