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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-22883

Node.js before 10.24.0, 12.21.0, 14.16.0, and 15.10.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when too many connection attempts with an 'unknownProtocol' are established.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 74.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 74.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Node.js before 10.24.0, 12.21.0, 14.16.0, and 15.10.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when too many connection attempts with an 'unknownProtocol' are established. This leads to a leak of file descriptors. If a file descriptor limit is configured on the system, then the server is unable to accept new connections and prevent the process also from opening, e.g. a file. If no file descriptor limit is configured, then this lead to an excessive memory usage and cause the system to run out of memory.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
74.35% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-772
Affected
nodejs/node.js · fedoraproject/fedora · netapp/e-series performance analyzer · oracle/graalvm · oracle/jd edwards enterpriseone tools · oracle/mysql cluster · oracle/nosql database · oracle/peoplesoft enterprise peopletools · siemens/sinec infrastructure network services
Source
support@hackerone.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.