GMS-2021-39: Denial of Service in node-static

September 22, 2021

All versions of node-static are vulnerable to a Denial of Service. The package fails to catch an exception when user input includes null bytes. This allows attackers to access http://host/%00 and crash the server.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-8r4g-cg4m-x23c
github.com/cloudhead/node-static/blob/643a528ec7bbd05a59c4030655d94810570afb3f/CHANGES.md
github.com/cloudhead/node-static/pull/213
www.npmjs.com/advisories/1208
www.npmjs.com/package/node-static

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