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Description
Affected versions of method-override are vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service vulnerability when untrusted user input is passed into the X-HTTP-Method-Override header.
Recommendation
Update to version 2.3.10 or later
Basic information
Type
reviewed
Severity
high Advisory on GitHub
Open advisory ↗ Repository advisory
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Source code
Browse source ↗ Published (advisory)
2018-07-24 20:06:04 UTC
Updated
2023-09-11 18:24:37 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2020-06-16 21:53:07 UTC
EPSS Score
Score
Percentile
0.33%
55.52%
CVSS Scores
Base score
Version
Severity
Vector
7.5
3.0
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
CWEs
CWE id
Name
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Affected packages (2)
Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.
Ecosystem
Package
Vulnerable range
First patched
Vulnerable functions
npm
method-override = 1.0.2
2.3.10
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npm
method-override >= 2.0.0, < 2.3.10
2.3.10
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