Improper error handling in http-proxy-middleware - CVE-2024-21536
Published: November 28, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101027
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21536
CWE-ID: CWE-388
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Steven Chim
Affected software:
http-proxy-middleware
http-proxy-middleware
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an UnhandledPromiseRejection error thrown by micromatch. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send specially crafted request to the application and crash the Node.js process.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-21536
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-HTTPPROXYMIDDLEWARE-8229906
- https://gist.github.com/mhassan1/28be67266d82a53708ed59ce5dc3c94a
- https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/commit/788b21e4aff38332d6319557d4a5b1b13b1f9a22
- https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/commit/0b4274e8cc9e9a2c5a06f35fbf456ccfcebc55a5