GHSA-7hx8-2rxv-66xv Denial of Service in hapi
An attacker can crash the application by sending invalid CORS headers, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is GHSA-7hx8-2rxv-66xv?
GHSA-7hx8-2rxv-66xv is a denial of service vulnerability in hapi, published on 3 Sep 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
All Versions of hapi are vulnerable to Denial of Service. The CORS request handler has a vulnerability which will cause the function to throw a system error if the header contains some invalid values. If no unhandled exception handler is available, the application will exist, allowing an attacker to shut down services.
Recommendation
This package is deprecated and is now maintained as @hapi/hapi. Please update your dependencies to use @hapi/hapi.
Which versions are affected by GHSA-7hx8-2rxv-66xv?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including hapi.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
hapi npm | From 0.0.0 | None |
hapi npm | From 0.0.0 | None |
How do I fix GHSA-7hx8-2rxv-66xv?
No fix has been published for GHSA-7hx8-2rxv-66xv yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is GHSA-7hx8-2rxv-66xv being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of GHSA-7hx8-2rxv-66xv in the wild and no public exploit code.