Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions Affecting @octokit/webhooks package, versions <9.26.3 >=10.0.0 <10.9.2 >=11.0.0 <11.1.2 >=12.0.0 <12.0.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-OCTOKITWEBHOOKS-6129527
  • published 17 Dec 2023
  • disclosed 16 Dec 2023
  • credit @pb82, @rh-tguittet

How to fix?

Upgrade @octokit/webhooks to version 9.26.3, 10.9.2, 11.1.2, 12.0.3 or higher.

Overview

@octokit/webhooks is a GitHub webhook events toolset for Node.js

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions allowing an attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a crafted request that triggers an uncaught exception, terminating the Node.js process.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.2 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

7.5 high