webpack-dev-server vulnerable to denial of service via a malformed Host or Origin header
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GHSA-m28w-2pqf-7qgj | webpack-dev-server vulnerable to denial of service via a malformed Host or Origin header |
No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.517% probability within 30 days)
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| Description | webpack-dev-server versions 5.2.5 and earlier terminate the whole Node.js process when an unauthenticated peer sends either a normal HTTP request with a malformed Host header or a WebSocket upgrade to the default /ws endpoint with a malformed Origin header. The malformed value causes an uncaught exception in the host-validation path and crashes the dev server. Impact is limited to availability of the development server, no data disclosure, no code execution. Patches: upgrade to webpack-dev-server 5.2.6. Workarounds: keep the dev server bound to localhost (the default) and do not expose it to untrusted networks. | |
| Title | webpack-dev-server vulnerable to denial of service via a malformed Host or Origin header | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-20 CWE-248 |
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