# CVE-2023-50694: Other in n/a

> A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in HTTPbeast via a maliciously crafted request due to insufficient parsing.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 17 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ww2r-9459-jw7x

## What is CVE-2023-50694?

CVE-2023-50694 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue in dom96 HTTPbeast v.0.4.1 and before allows a remote attacker to send a malicious crafted request due to insufficient parsing in the parser.nim component.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-50694?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dom96 Httpbeast.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-50694?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-50694 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-50694 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50694 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-50694 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-50694 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50694 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50694/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50694/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50694
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50694
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-50694

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50694/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.