CVE-2019-10196

nodejs-http-proxy-agent: Denial of Service and data leak due to improper buffer sanitization

Published Mar 19, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in http-proxy-agent, prior to version 2.1.0. It was discovered http-proxy-agent passes an auth option to the Buffer constructor without proper sanitization. This could result in a Denial of Service through the usage of all available CPU resources and data exposure through an uninitialized memory leak in setups where an attacker could submit typed input to the auth parameter.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-0521 A flaw was found in http-proxy-agent, prior to version 2.1.0. It was discovered http-proxy-agent passes an auth option to the Buffer constructor without proper sanitization. This could result in a Denial of Service through the usage of all available CPU resources and data exposure through an uninitialized memory leak in setups where an attacker could submit typed input to the auth parameter.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-86wf-436m-h424 Resource Exhaustion Denial of Service in http-proxy-agent
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 10:17 PM
Reserved
Mar 27, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 19, 2021, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:10 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 5, 2018, 12:00 AM