GHSA-prhj-8562-p8gj

GHSA-prhj-8562-p8gj PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published February 20, 2024

A vulnerability in Node.js HTTP servers allows an attacker to send a specially crafted HTTP request with chunked encoding, leading to resource exhaustion and denial of service (DoS). The server reads an unbounded number of bytes from a single connection, exploiting the lack of limitations on chunk extension bytes. The issue can cause CPU and network bandwidth exhaustion, bypassing standard safeguards like timeouts and body size limits.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

7.5

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

Timeline

Feb 20, 2024 CVE Published
Apr 10, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-prhj-8562-p8gj
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-prhj-8562-p8gj

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  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-prhj-8562-p8gj/fixes/registry"

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