CVE-2020-8251 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Node.js < 14.11.0 is vulnerable to HTTP denial of service (DoS) attacks based on delayed requests submission which can make the server unable to accept new connections.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.08794.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Fedoraproject	Fedora
Nodejs	Node.js

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://hackerone.com/reports/868834
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2020-security-releases/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8251
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0004/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8251

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2020-09-18T20:11:43.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T22:24:26.013Z

Reserved: 2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-8251

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-18T21:15:13.403

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:26:08.083

Link: CVE-2020-8251

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2020-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-8251 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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