Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') Affecting parse-server package, versions >=1.0.0 <5.5.6 >=6.0.0 <6.3.1


Severity

0.0
high
0
10

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.07% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-PARSESERVER-6028117
  • published 24 Oct 2023
  • disclosed 24 Oct 2023
  • credit chriscborg

How to fix?

Upgrade parse-server to version 5.5.6, 6.3.1 or higher.

Overview

parse-server is a version of the Parse backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') via the file upload function. An attacker can cause the server to crash by uploading a file without an extension.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

7.5 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)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

7.5 high