Resource exhaustion in Next.js - CVE-2021-43803

 

Resource exhaustion in Next.js - CVE-2021-43803

Published: June 19, 2023 / Updated: July 11, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU77518
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-43803
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Next.js
watsonx Orchestrate Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S)
QRadar User Behavior Analytics

How to mitigate CVE-2021-43803

Install updates from vendor's website.

Next.js - addressed in versions 11.1.3, 12.0.5
watsonx Orchestrate Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.3
Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) - update to 1.10.10.0
QRadar User Behavior Analytics - update to 4.1.13

External References

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