CVE-2022-24863

Denial of service in http-swagger

Description

http-swagger is an open source wrapper to automatically generate RESTful API documentation with Swagger 2.0. In versions of http-swagger prior to 1.2.6 an attacker may perform a denial of service attack consisting of memory exhaustion on the host system. The cause of the memory exhaustion is down to improper handling of http methods. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may to restrict the path prefix to the "GET" method as a workaround.

Categories

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.41%
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Affected: swaggo http-swagger
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References

Link Tags
https://github.com/swaggo/http-swagger/security/advisories/GHSA-xg75-q3q5-cqmv third party advisory
https://github.com/swaggo/http-swagger/pull/62 third party advisory
https://github.com/swaggo/http-swagger/commit/b7d83e8fba85a7a51aa7e45e8244b4173f15049e third party advisory patch
https://github.com/swaggo/http-swagger/releases/tag/v1.2.6 third party advisory release notes

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-24863?
CVE-2022-24863 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-24863?
To fix CVE-2022-24863, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-24863 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-24863 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2022-24863?
CVE-2022-24863 affects swaggo http-swagger.
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