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high 7.5

CVE-2018-3711 json

Denial of Service vulnerability with large JSON payloads in fastify

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-mq6c-fh97-4gwv , EUVD-2018-0299

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Fastify node module before 0.38.0 is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack by sending a request with "Content-Type: application/json" and a very large payload.

Patch / fix

  • npm fastify 0.38.0
  • fastify fastify 0.38.0

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Exploit prediction

1.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/fastify/fastify/pull/627 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/303632 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm fastify
<0.38.0
0.38.0

Affected products

  • HackerOne fastify node module

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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