CVE-2024-21536

HIGH EPSS 58.7%
Published Oct 19, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Oct 19, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

Versions of the package http-proxy-middleware before 2.0.7, from 3.0.0 and before 3.0.3 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to an UnhandledPromiseRejection error thrown by micromatch. An attacker could kill the Node.js process and crash the server by making requests to certain paths.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
58.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
chimuraihttp-proxy-middleware* <2.0.7
chimuraihttp-proxy-middleware*≥3.0.0  –  <3.0.3

References 4

  • gist.github.com https://gist.github.com/mhassan1/28be67266d82a53708ed59ce5dc3c94a
    ExploitThird Party Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/commit/0b4274e8cc9e9a2c5a06f35fbf456ccfcebc55a5
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/commit/788b21e4aff38332d6319557d4a5b1b13b1f9a22
    Patch
  • security.snyk.io https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-HTTPPROXYMIDDLEWARE-8229906
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/commit/0b4274e8cc9e9a2c5a06f35fbf456ccfcebc55a5
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/commit/788b21e4aff38332d6319557d4a5b1b13b1f9a22
    Patch