Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-8251

Title: HTTP Denial of Service in Node.js

Denial of Service

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-8251.

CWE Category CWE-400
Published Date Sep 18, 2020
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
4.99%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-8251: 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.

Impacted Vendors

N
nodejs 1
J
joyent 1

Reference Links

https://hackerone.com/reports/868834 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/ https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2020-security-releases/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0004/ https://hackerone.com/reports/868834 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/ https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2020-security-releases/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0004/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-8251 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.