GHSA-5854-jvxx-2cg9
Denial of Service in content
GHSA-5854-jvxx-2cg9 is a vulnerability with no CVSS score yet in content, published September 3, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- UnratedNo CVSS score yet
- Exploit chance
- UnscoredNo EPSS score yet
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
- No fix listedNo source names one
Description
Versions of content are vulnerable to Denial of Service. The Content-Encoding HTTP header parser has a vulnerability which will cause the function to throw a system error if the header contains some invalid values. Because hapi rethrows system errors (as opposed to catching expected application errors), the error is thrown all the way up the stack. If no unhandled exception handler is available, the application will exist, allowing an attacker to shut down services.
Recommendation
This package is deprecated and is now maintained as @hapi/content. Please update your dependencies to use @hapi/content.
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
contentnpm | through 4.0.6 | None known |
What each source reports
GitHub AdvisoriesNo score
Denial of Service in content
Versions of content are vulnerable to Denial of Service. The Content-Encoding HTTP header parser has a vulnerability which will cause the function to throw a system error if the header contains some invalid values. Because hapi rethrows system errors (as opposed to catching expected application errors), the error is thrown all the way up the stack. If no unhandled exception handler is available, the application will exist, allowing an attacker to shut down services.
Recommendation
This package is deprecated and is now maintained as @hapi/content. Please update your dependencies to use @hapi/content.
- Record
GHSA-5854-jvxx-2cg9- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVNo score
Denial of Service in content
Versions of content are vulnerable to Denial of Service. The Content-Encoding HTTP header parser has a vulnerability which will cause the function to throw a system error if the header contains some invalid values. Because hapi rethrows system errors (as opposed to catching expected application errors), the error is thrown all the way up the stack. If no unhandled exception handler is available, the application will exist, allowing an attacker to shut down services.
Recommendation
This package is deprecated and is now maintained as @hapi/content. Please update your dependencies to use @hapi/content.
- Record
GHSA-5854-jvxx-2cg9- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | GitHub Advisories, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.