Detections
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CVE-2020-8251

high

Description

Node.js < 14.11.0 is vulnerable to HTTP denial of service (DoS) attacks based on delayed requests submission which can make the server unable to accept new connections.

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0004/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2020-security-releases/

https://hackerone.com/reports/868834

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-09-18

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03055