Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Affecting @grpc/grpc-js package, versions <1.8.22 >=1.9.0 <1.9.15 >=1.10.0 <1.10.9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-GRPCGRPCJS-7242922
  • published 11 Jun 2024
  • disclosed 10 Jun 2024
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade @grpc/grpc-js to version 1.8.22, 1.9.15, 1.10.9 or higher.

Overview

@grpc/grpc-js is a gRPC Library for Node

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption via the grpc.max_receive_message_length channel option. An attacker can cause a denial of service by sending messages that exceed the configured limits, which are then buffered or decompressed into memory.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    None
  • Integrity (VI)
    None
  • Availability (VA)
    Low
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None