Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) in body-parser - CVE-2024-45590
Published: September 12, 2024 / Updated: September 5, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU97208
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:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45590
CWE-ID: CWE-405
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Express.js
Affected software:
body-parser
body-parser
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of a large number of requests when url encoding is enabled. A remote attacker can send multiple requests to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-45590
Install updates from vendor's website.